# Sponsored Search by SearchesCentral

> Get better search results instantly from your home and new tab page!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/searches-central-tab](https://chrome-stats.com/d/searches-central-tab)

## Overview

- **ID:** `searches-central-tab`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Addons
- **Category:** search-tools,other
- **Daily users:** 5,159
- **Weekly downloads:** 1
- **Rating:** 1.00 / 5 (3 ratings)
- **Version:** 2022.2.17
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-23
- **First published:** 2020-02-03
- **Size:** 8.97 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-12
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searches-central-tab/)
- **Website:** [https://hsearchescentral.com/home/contactus](https://hsearchescentral.com/home/contactus)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searches-central-tab/privacy/](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searches-central-tab/privacy/)

## Description

The Sponsored Search by SearchesCentral Chrome extension revolutionizes your browsing by enhancing the New Tab experience. Powered by Yahoo!, it offers convenient web search capabilities directly from your home and new tab pages, ensuring quick and relevant search results instantly.

Additionally, this extension integrates shopping quicklinks partnered with top retailers like Amazon, Wal-Mart, and Turbotax, simplifying your online shopping and tax filing assistance. Easy to install and removable at any time, it updates your New Tab settings to bring you a more productive, user-friendly browsing experience.

## Rankings

- #1,171 — Overall
- #120 — Search Tools
- #178 — Other extensions
- #39 — search box
- #41 — search bar
- #48 — search

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `*://*.hsearchescentral.com/*`
- `*://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?hspart=adk*`
- `storage`
- `tabs`
- `webRequest`
- `webRequestBlocking`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** High risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Grants access to browser tabs, which can be used to track user browsing habits and history, presenting a privacy concern.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/searches-central-tab)