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I have created some search entries in Google Chrome using 'Edit search engines'.

How can I share some of these entries with my colleagues?

It's possible, but it's enough of a pain that you won't want to.

1. Find the Web Data file in your Chrome profile. In Windows 7 it will be here:
   "%USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefaultWeb Data"




2. Open the file with an SQLite program like SQLite Studio or sqlite in Ubuntu (sudo apt-get install sqlite) and export the keywords table in SQLite Studio or run this command in Linux:
   sqlite3 "Web Data" ".dump keywords" > keywords.sql
   




3. Have your colleagues import the keywords, doing the reverse of this process.

Like I said, possible, but painful.

I wrote a Javascript parser to convert the SQL from Web Data into the nearly universal Netscape Bookmark File Format in HTML (ironic that the definitive standard for that format seems to be Microsoft) if you're interested in getting the keywords into other browsers like Firefox or Opera.

If you're interested in an alternative solution, I created Shortmarks to allow you to use the same set of custom search engines in any browser, and I plan to implement the ability to share with others soon. The upcoming release in a few days will have the import code I mentioned above as soon as I'm finished testing the new features.

I did following to share my Google Chrome search engine entries and it worked perfectly fine for me:

1. 
   

   WINDOWS XP: Go to C:Documents and SettingsMyUserNameLocal SettingsApplication DataGoogleChromeUser DataDefault

   
   
   

   ON WINDOWS 7: Go to C:UsersMyUserNameAppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefault

   
   



2. Copy these 3 files: Preferences, Web Data and Web Data-journal




3. Put those 3 files onto the target machine

Here's a single command to export your chrome search engines as CSV on linux:

sqlite3 -csv ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web Data 'select short_name,keyword,url from keywords' > ~/search-engines.csv

You need sqlite3 installed. Replace ~/.config/chrome with the corresponding Windows path if you're on Windows. Should be something like %AppData%LocalGoogleChromeUser Data

Exporting as SQL for re-importing elsewhere

Instead of exporting to CSV, you could export to sqlite insert statements:

(printf 'begin transaction;n'; sqlite3 ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web Data 'select short_name,keyword,url,favicon_url from keywords' | awk -F| '{ printf "insert into keywords (short_name, keyword, url, favicon_url) values ('"'"%s"'"', '"'"%s"'"', '"'"%s"'"', '"'"%s"'"');n", $1, $2, $3, $4 }'; printf 'end transaction;n') > ~/search-engine-export.sql

Then copy ~/search-engine-export.sql to the other machine, and import with this command:

sqlite3 ~/.config/chromium/Default/Web Data < search-engine-export.sql

Making sure to replace the Web Data path with the one on your machine as described above.

For me, I'm on Windows 10 and I wanted to copy search engines from my personal chrome profile to my corporate chrome profile. I did the following:

1. I downloaded SQLite from https://www.sqlite.org/download.html (under "Precompiled Binaries" with the description "A bundle of command-line tools for managing SQLite database files"). I unziped it to c:utils that's already in my path




2. I opened up cmd.exe



3. 
   

   I changed directory to my default (personal) chrome profile

   
   
   

   cd "%USERPROFILE%AppDataLocalGoogleChromeUser DataDefault"

   
   



4. I exited Chrome entirely (even in the tray). Also, keep a copy of these instructions (or open them in a different browser) because you'll loose them.



5. 
   

   I ran the following:

   
   
   

   sqlite3 "Web Data" ".dump keywords" > c:keywords.sql

   
   


6. 
   

   I changed to the new profile:

   
   
   

   cd "..Profile 2"

   
   


7. 
   

   I ran this:

   
   
   

   sqlite3.exe "Web Data" < c:keywords.sql

   
   
   

   I got the following errors, which are okay:

   
   

Error: near line 4: UNIQUE constraint failed: keywords.id
Error: near line 5: UNIQUE constraint failed: keywords.id
Error: near line 6: UNIQUE constraint failed: keywords.id
Error: near line 7: UNIQUE constraint failed: keywords.id
Error: near line 8: UNIQUE constraint failed: keywords.id


If you get more errors, that means that you added search engines to your new profile. Delete them all, including these new ones just added and re-run this step. Or edit the SQL file by hand.

8. I fired Chrome back up and now my search keywords work fine.

As of now, no you cannot. However, you can share bookmarks with your colleagues.

Link to Google Bookmark sharing
as of now, Google App users are not able to share bookmarks, or lists of bookmarks.