YouTube Search Engine

Adds YouTube search engine to search engines.

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Enhance your Firefox browsing experience with the YouTube Search Engine add-on! This extension allows you to search YouTube instantly from the URL bar by typing @youtube followed by your search query. It's a quick and simple way to find videos without navigating away from your current tab.

Explore the add-on's source code on GitHub or check out the developer's upcoming extension, Quickie, for even more browsing convenience. Stay connected through Instagram for updates and join a growing community of browser extension enthusiasts.

Add-on

By:: A. Taha Baki
Daily users:: 10,103 -110
Rating:: 4.74

(61)
Version:: 1.3resigned1 Last updated: 2024-04-26
Version code:: 5732459
Creation date:: 2018-12-21
Risk:: Low risk impact Low risk likelihood
Size:: 7.48KB
Email:: at*****@pm.me
URLs:: Website
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Firefox Browser Add-ons
Updated:: 11 hours ago

Ranking

# 762 ▼ 1

Other rankings

#88 in Search Tools ▼ 1

#120 in Other extensions

#2 in engine keyword 12

#29 in search keyword 63

#48 in youtube keyword 90 ▼ 1

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User reviews

Users appreciate that the add-on enables direct YouTube searches from Firefox's URL bar, replicating Chrome's behavior. It is praised for its ease of use, seamless integration, and for saving time by adding YouTube search capability automatically. Reviewers find the code trustworthy, with no malware issues. No repeated cons were found in the reviews.

Pros

Allows searching YouTube directly from the Firefox URL bar, similar to Chrome's functionality.
Easy to use and very convenient shortcut for YouTube searches.
Works exactly as described and functions seamlessly.
Saves time by automatically adding YouTube as a search engine, especially useful on new devices.
The code appears clear and trustworthy without malware concerns.

Cons

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Risk impact measures the level of extra permissions an extension has access to. A low risk impact extension cannot do much harms, whereas a high risk impact extension can do a lot of damage like stealing your password, bypassing your security settings, and accessing your personal data. High risk impact extensions are not necessarily malicious. However, if they do turn malicious, they can be very harmful.

YouTube Search Engine requires very minimum permissions.

Risk impact analysis details

High Can change search providers, which could redirect searches to malicious sites, posing moderate risk.

Risk likelihood

Risk likelihood measures the probability that a Firefox add-on may turn malicious. This is determined by the publisher and the Firefox add-on reputation on Firefox Browser Add-ons, the amount of time the Firefox add-on has been around, and other signals about the Firefox add-on. Our algorithms are not perfect, and are subject to change as we discover new ways to detect malicious extensions. We recommend that you always exercise caution when installing a Firefox add-on.

YouTube Search Engine has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

Medium This extension has medium user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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