I recently downgraded from Google Chrome 6.x (a developmental version) back to the officially released 5.x version. In the process all of my Firefox style keywords (aka searches) were lost. You can use the following process to transfer your old keywords to a new installation of Chrome or maybe to a different machine on which you are also using Google Chrome. I took advantage of the built-in sqlite3 database utility to do this.
Note: all processes must take place when Chrome is not running.
Export the keywords from your original Chrome install:
Google Chrome stores its keyword data in ~/Library/Application Support/Google/Chrome/Default. Navigate to that location in the Terminal and issue the following command:
sqlite3 "Web Data".dump > keywords.sqlThis will export your current data to a SQL command file. If you want to transfer all of the data including autofill data, etc. to your new installation or location then skip the next step below.
sqlite3 "Web Data" < keywords.sqlIf you get errors about 'PRIMARY KEY' it means you have a duplicate numbered entry for search. If you are starting from scratch you probably won't have that problem.
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