How do I manually sort Chrome's Smart Bar results?

Solution 1:

Trickery Method

Bookmark the URL you want rated higher. Bookmarks in Chrome's Omnibox will be prefixed with a Star Icon and are rated higher than the ones marked with a History icon (the clock).

Brute Force Method - Sqlite3

You can manually edit the history file. It's a sqlite3 file named "History".

Linux: $HOME/.config/google-chrome/Default/

Windows 7: c:/Users/<USER>/Application Data/Local/Google/Chrome/User Data/Default

The 2 main tables you'll want to address are "urls" and "visits".

Please note the History file is locked when Chrome is running, and you'll want to make a backup. I believe you need you can jack up the visit counter or alternatively delete the lower priority entry and then re-add it manually.

Search Method

Embed the search engine built into the website and use a keyword within the "Managed Search Engine". Right clicking within most search boxes should list "Add as Search Engine..." in Chrome's context menu.