Verbatim Search

Always use verbatim search with google

What is Verbatim Search?

Verbatim Search is a Chrome extension designed to optimize your Google search experience. It sets the default Google search to verbatim, ensuring your search results are purely based on the terms you input, bypassing Google's personalized or predictive algorithms. Over the years, this extension has seen significant improvements in terms of speed and functionality, including an integrated webRequest API for improved speed in version 1.3 and bug fixes, code cleaning, and updates in the following versions. It even includes an easy-to-use activation button to switch the feature on and off as needed.

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By: vikbez

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Users: 743 ▲ 16

Rating: 4.08 (26)

Version: 1.5 (Last updated: 2016-03-19)

Creation date: 2016-03-19

Risk impact: Very high risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

webRequest
webRequestBlocking
*://www.google.com/*
*://www.google.ad/*
*://www.google.ae/*
*://www.google.com.af/*
*://www.google.com.ag/*
*://www.google.com.ai/*
*://www.google.am/*
*://www.google.co.ao/*

Size: 9.92K

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 31972 ▲ 205

Other rankings

#3429 in Tools ▼ 12 #168 in search keyword 34 ▲ 54 #183 in default search keyword 18 ▲ 23 #280 in google maps keyword 27 ▲ 20

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Summary

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Makes the default google search always verbatim

-- New in version 1.5: cleaned code fixed manifest format

-- New in version 1.4: resolved bug with the new google maps updated google domains list less prone-to-conflict localStorage variable removed debug

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 Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.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

Saves time for most searches
Convenient for accessing Verbatim mode
Works wonderfully and eliminates the need to hunt for the 'Verbatim' button

Cons

Issues with turning it off temporarily at the top of a search
Buggy button behavior
Breaks other filters and overrides redirects

Most mentioned

Issues with turning it off temporarily at the top of a search
Buggy button behavior
Breaks other filters and overrides redirects
Saves time for most searches
Convenient for accessing Verbatim mode

Recent reviews

Love this extension; really saves me time for most searches. But I'm having issues turning it off. Right now, the extension button is white, which means Verbatim mode should be "off." However, google is only searching in Verbatim mode. Because of the nature of the tool--which forces the webpage into Verbatim--when it's "on," you can't get the page to show all results; it will just jump back to verbatim. So when the button isn't working as designed, rather is "always on," that's a huge problem. Am on Macbook and Chrome.

Laurel Hell, 2020-01-20

This is a great effort. It has limitations, but BRAVO vikbez for doing what Google should have put in the options.

Thomas King, 2020-06-26

Laurel Hulme, 2020-01-20

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Safety

Risk impact

Verbatim Search is very risky to use and it requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Avoid installing this extension unless you absolutely trust this publisher.