Content Site Search Guru

Provides an easy and pleasant search of content on the content sites directly from your browser's address bar.
What is Content Site Search Guru?
'Content Site Search Guru' is a Chrome extension created to make your search experience easy and efficient. It allows users to search directly from the browser's address bar on any website. Type '@' followed by the domain and your query to get fast and accurate results. This extension also enables users to change their default search engine to a private domain for enhanced search suggestions.

Extension stats

Users: 50,000+
Rating: 4.23 (48)
Version: 3.2.1 (Last updated: 2024-05-24)
Creation date: 2020-08-21
Risk impact: Low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Overrides search engine: Yes
Permissions:
  • storage
Size: 910.34K

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Extension summary

Are you frustrated sometimes with the built-in search engine of large content sites? Did you once get lost on the sites and didn't manage to find the topics you wanted to look for? Were you curious about how to look efficiently for articles and for certain topics on a news website?

This extension is a Chrome extension that dedicates to providing an easy and pleasant content search experience from your browser’s address bar.

How does it work?

  1. Type @ in the address bar to activate the quick commands.
  2. After @, add the domain name of the website that you want to look on
  3. Type your query after a space, example: @techcrunch dual-screen
  4. Press Enter and go to the result page.

Permissions used and reasons:

  1. Access to “cookies” (optional). We require this permission to customize and modify your search engine as well as to keep autocomplete default suggestions. It’s optional because if you don’t allow permission to use cookies, we will not need it. Once after you grant permission to use cookies, you can always revoke it at any time.
  2. Change your default search engine to our private domain search.searchsafe.tech powered by Yahoo. We require this permission to use our domain as a placeholder and to provide you the functionality in the autocomplete suggestions of your address bar. Inside this extension, we support Yahoo, Google, and Bing. You can switch to a different provider at any time inside the Settings section.
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User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.
Pros
  • Claims to be safe to use
  • Easy to install and use
  • Does not affect page load times
  • Potentially useful for content checks
  • Positive initial feedback from users
Cons
  • Often switches search engine to Yahoo or Bing
  • Some users didn't realize it was installed
  • Installed without user permission in some cases
  • Compatibility issues with other addons mentioned
  • Mixed feelings about its long-term effectiveness
Most mentioned
  • Switches to Yahoo or Bing
  • Installed without permission
  • Safety claims
  • Pending evaluation of effectiveness
  • Initial satisfaction status
Recent reviews
It was installed by some hacker software without my permission
by Bubble Be, 2020-01-14

it was fairly decent but it kept switching to yahoo for search im not yahoo's biggest fan
by Cosmic .Cupcakes, 2020-01-14

so far its the best app ive downloaded in terms of safety
by Louise Callarman, 2020-01-11
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Content Site Search Guru requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Content Site Search Guru has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

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