Spotlight search google top hit

[nashyo]

How can I make the top hit 'search web for...'

I want to be able to cmd + space a query for an internet search.

Thanks

I'm using OS X 10.7.2

 

[GGJstudios]

How can I make the top hit 'search web for...'

System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results

 

[nashyo]

System Preferences > Spotlight > Search Results

Thanks, but I've tried looking there.

There are 16 categories and none of them apply to 'search web for'.

There is a 'webpages' category, but that only searches websites in my history or bookmarks. I want to search google.

 

[GGJstudios]

I want to search google.

That's what your web browser is for. Spotlight is for searching your computer.

 

[nashyo]

That's what your web browser is for. Spotlight is for searching your computer.

lol

 

[GGJstudios]

lol

I'm glad you find it amusing, but perhaps you'd benefit from some understanding of what Spotlight is designed for:

Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's Mac OS X operating system. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which creates a virtual index of all items and files on the system. It is designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applications, and System Preferences. In addition, specific words in documents and in web pages in a web browser's history or bookmarks can be searched.

 

[nashyo]

I'm glad you find it amusing, but perhaps you'd benefit from some understanding of what Spotlight is designed for:

Spotlight does have a search web for feature. My question is, how do I make it the top hit. Or at least make it appear at the top. It's a new feature.

 

[GGJstudios]

Spotlight does have a search web for feature. My question is, how do I make it the top hit. Or at least make it appear at the top. It's a new feature.

It only searches the browser history or bookmarks stored on your computer, not the internet. To make it the top hit, follow the instructions in my first post.

 

[nashyo]

There's a section for webpages, and a section for 'search web for'.

Check out the attached pic. I've literally taken a screen shot of it.

 

[GGJstudios]

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There's a section for webpages, and a section for 'search web for'.

Check out the attached pic. I've literally taken a screen shot of it.

That's new for Lion. Dragging webpages to the top in Preferences should put the search results on top. If it doesn't, it's a limitation of the new Lion feature.

 

[xxhamzxx]

Just use Alfred.... you'll never use spotlight again!