How to launch a google search in a new tab or window from javascript?

Question

Say I have a Javascript variable containing a couple of search terms separated by spaces, is it possible to start a Google Search window or tab using these terms (after a us

Answer 1

The google search URL is basically: https://www.google.com/search?q=[query]

Using that you can easily build a search URL to navigate to, f.ex using a simple form without javascript:

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/yGCSK/

If you have the search query in a javascript variable, something like:

Search

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/kGBEy/