SME - Search Made Easy

Hotkey and Context Menu Search. Highlight text and press G to Google(9 more). Add your favourite Search Engines. Change Hotkeys.

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This extension was removed from Chrome Web Store on 2023-03-28
By: Hari
Users: 76
Rating: 5.00 (4)
Version: 1.2 (Last updated: 2013-08-23)
Creation date: 2013-08-23
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: High risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • tabs
  • management
Size: 92.29K
URLs: Website

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Not available on Edge
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Extension summary

Also available for Firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/sme-search-made-easy/

Here's a 3 min Firefox extension YouTube Video(Similar to chrome): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybZrI3jXztY

Imagine, You are reading a review about a movie and you want to hear a particular song mentioned in that review. All you have to do is the following, 1.Highlight the text (Song) using mouse. 2.Press "M" button to search the song in beemp3. (Can Google by pressing "G") That's all. See how simple it is. You can also search for the Video song by pressing "Y" which will YouTube the selected text.

You can also right click and select the action. You can hide the searches from displaying when you right click. You can change the behaviour of opening like "Open in a new tab" or new window as you wish. You can change the hotkey from existing to some other key in options. Default Added Searches are as follows. Google -G Bing -B Google Images -I

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User reviews

This Extension deserves applause & attention
by Ajay, 2018-11-20

Superb plugin !! Very useful!! :)
by Madhavaraj M, 2013-09-16

Wonderful plugin! Easy to use and truly justifies its name!
by Narayanan PS, 2013-08-24
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Extension safety

Risk impact

SME - Search Made Easy requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

SME - Search Made Easy may not be trust-worthy. Avoid installing if possible unless you really trust this publisher.

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