Selection Search

Search for the selected text in search engines

What is Selection Search?

Selection Search is a Chrome extension that allows users to easily search for selected text on any website using their preferred search engine. The extension offers customization options and is regularly updated with new features and bug fixes.

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By: Pitmairen

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.66 (528)

Version: 0.9.2 (Last updated: 2024-07-07)

Creation date: 2020-05-01

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Permissions:

contextMenus
storage
notifications
clipboardWrite
tabs
offscreen

Host permissions:

https://s2.googleusercontent.com/s2/favicons*

Size: 166.91K

Email: pr*****@gmail.com

URLs: Privacy policy

Stats date:

Chrome-Stats Rank

# 4359 ▲ 29

Other rankings

#1150 in Tools

#10 in search keyword 32

#10 in selection keyword 22

#20 in search box keyword 16

#30 in google search keyword 27 ▲ 10

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Other platforms

Selection Search (v0.8.64.1)

4.74 (31) 275

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Summary

Analyze keywords

With this extension you can easily search for text you have selected. When some text is selected you can left click the selected text to get a popup where you can choose a search engine to search with.

In the options page you can customize the look of the menu, which mouse button that should activate the menu, which search engines to show, and a lot of other things.

When you install this extension you will get a warning that this extension can:

"Access your data on all websites."

This is needed because the code for the popup-menu needs to be added to every website for it to work.

User reviews

User reviews summary

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Highly productive
User friendly options menu for adding new search options
Customization options for search engines
Great time saver

Cons

Issues with icons not appearing
Glitches with site icons
Lack of instructions for adding search engines
Troubles with other browsers (e.g. Brave)

Most mentioned

Icons not appearing
User friendly options menu
Issues with site icons
Custom search engines
Useful for productivity

Recent reviews

Nguyen Nghia, 2024-07-07

This extension is the best of its kind, a highly productive must have. I have noticed since version 0.9.1 the context menu icons no longer appear. Icons do appear for Google sites like YouTube but no other search engine icons do. I am aware changes were made in how icons were retrieved in version 0.9.1 but as a result no icons apart from Google sites have their icons retrieved. Perhaps Google Chrome updates have interfered causing this issue. Anyway, this is a top-tier Chrome extension among the very best. EDIT: I noticed today, on day later July 5th, the icons are back. Thank you developer Pitmairen for whatever you may have done to correct this problem.

RRS NY, 2024-07-04

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Safety

Risk impact

Selection Search is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Selection Search if you trust the publisher.