Simple = Select + Search

Name: Simple = Select + Search
Author: Diego Presno

Select some text, right-click, and search it on the engines you choose. Add any site as an engine, group them into folders, switch between sets from the toolbar, or fire your whole set at once with Search Everywhere. Free, and free since 2011.

Overview

Firefox Add-ons Store

Daily users

15 ▲ 1

Data as of 2026-08-23

Version:

3.0.2

Last updated: 2026-08-12

Features & Capabilities

After multiple requests, here's a port of this extension to Firefox.

Select some text. Right-click. Search it — on the engine you actually wanted.

If a site has a search box, it can live in your right-click menu: run a search on it, copy the address, and swap your term for %s. Or skip the fiddling — the built-in catalogue has 100+ ready-made engines to add in a click.

What else it does

Search Everywhere — one selection, every engine in your set, one tab each.
Folders — group your engines, nest them up to five deep.
Sets — separate collections like Work, Personal and Research, switchable from the toolbar.
Drag-and-drop reordering, and your rules: new tab or new window, private window per engine.

What's new in v3 — a complete, ground-up rewrite: nested folders (asked for since 2014), multiple sets, the catalogue, and a migration that brings your old engines across automatically — keeping your old settings as a backup it never deletes.

Free, since 2011. Everything above is free, and stays free. Pro comes later, in v3.1, for the pieces that need real upkeep.

About your data: the text you select never reaches us — it goes to the engine you picked, by ordinary navigation. The extension counts usage pseudonymously in Google Analytics; the text you search is never in there. Full detail in plain language: https://simpleselectsearch.com/privacy

I built this in 2011 with a baby in one arm. It's still mostly me, nights and weekends. Thank you for using it.

User Growth & Download Statistics

Add-on

By:

Diego Presno

Daily users:

15 1

Version:

3.0.2 Last updated: 2026-08-12

Version code:

6410892

Creation date:

2024-09-13

Risk:

Permissions:

Host permissions:

https://simpleselectsearch.com/*

Size:

841.05KB

Email:

di*****@gmail.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Firefox Add-ons Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-23

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 27,541 ▲ 664

Other rankings

#163 in selection keyword 17 ▼ 1#208 in simple keyword 42 ▲ 6

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Developed by:

Diego Presno

Firefox Add-ons Store

https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/simpleselectsearch/

Email:

di*****@gmail.com

Website:

https://forms.gle/DGP2h13VRKBaCGtL8

Permission Change History

2026-08-06: Version 2.3.7 → 3.0.1

Remove Host permissions: https://www.google-analytics.com/*

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Is Simple = Select + Search Safe?

Risk impact

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Simple = Select + Search requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

Low Request access to the following domains: simpleselectsearch.com

Risk likelihood

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Simple = Select + Search is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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