Search Google or type URL is the default message displayed on the address bar and the search bar of Google Chrome’s Home page. The page that Chrome shows when you open a new tab is the Home page.

If users type an URL and they forget to add the HTTP or HTTPS prefix, Chrome will soon use HTTPS by default. Written by Catalin Cimpanu, Contributor Feb. 26, 2021 at 10:36 a.m. PT Image: Google ...

Google's new experiment will involve some "randomly assigned" users of Chrome 86. These users will have two choices when the full URL (Uniform Resource Locator) is concealed.

Always check the URL—or type it out yourself Google Sites is just one of many ways to create spoof websites, so the problem is not inherently a Google one.