Smart Search Router

Tracking since Apr 8, 2026.

Changelog

• Apr 8, 2026
  description

  Smart Search Router automatically routes your searches to Google or Baidu based on real-time network accessibility. If Google is reachable, searches go to Google. If not, they go to Baidu — no manual switching needed.
  
    Designed for users in regions where Google availability is inconsistent.
  
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    SETUP (ONE TIME)
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    After installing the extension:
  
    1. Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
    2. Under "Site search", click Add
    3. Fill in:
    · Search engine: Smart Search
    · Keyword: ss
    · URL: https://smartsearch.local/?q=%s
    4. Click Add
  
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    USAGE
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    Option A — Set as default:
    Find Smart Search in chrome://settings/searchEngines → three-dot menu → Make default. All address bar searches will now route automatically.
  
    Option B — Use only when needed:
    Type "ss" in the address bar, press Space, type your query, press Enter.
  
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    OTHER FEATURES
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    · Click the extension icon to see current Google accessibility status
    · Use Manual Override in the popup to force Baidu regardless of detected status
    · No data collected — all processing happens locally on your device
  
    Source code and privacy policy: https://github.com/Stuart0l/SmartSearch-ChromeExt

  Smart Search Router automatically routes your searches to Google or Baidu based on real-time network accessibility. If Google is reachable, searches go to Google. If not, they go to Baidu — no manual switching needed.
  
    Designed for users in regions where Google availability is inconsistent.
  
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    SETUP (ONE TIME)
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  
    After installing the extension:
  
    1. Go to chrome://settings/searchEngines
    2. Under "Site search", click Add
    3. Fill in:
    · Search engine: Smart Search
    · Keyword: ss
    · URL: https://smartsearch.local/?q=%s
    4. Click Add
  
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    USAGE
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  
    Option A — Set as default:
    Find Smart Search in chrome://settings/searchEngines → three-dot menu → Make default. All address bar searches will now route automatically.
  
    Option B — Use only when needed:
    Type "ss" in the address bar, press Space, type your query, press Enter.
  
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
    OTHER FEATURES
    ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
  
    · Click the extension icon to see current Google accessibility status
    · Use Manual Override in the popup to force Baidu regardless of detected status
    · No data collected — all processing happens locally on your device
  
    Source code and privacy policy: https://github.com/Stuart0l/SmartSearch-ChromeExt
  
  Version 1.0.1
  
    - Added Settings tab with configurable fallback search engine
    - Added adjustable connectivity check interval

Permissions & access

Permissions

declarativeNetRequestdeclarativeNetRequestWithHostAccessstoragealarmswebNavigation

Host access

*://smartsearch.local/*, https://www.google.com/generate_204

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