Comments on: 7 Firefox Quick Searches You Should Set Up http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:16:54 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Shanna http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-408178 Shanna Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:22:27 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-408178 Thanks, Mike - that's a great help! Thanks, Mike – that’s a great help!

]]> By: Shanna http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-408177 Shanna Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:21:58 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-408177 This is *so* awesome; ty so much for this article. I had NO idea about this amazing feature of Firefox and now I can't live without it! My quick searches are for Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia, Huffington Post, Copyblogger, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Make Use Of (I'm a writer/blogger, in case you couldn't tell ;) ). I can't thank you enough for turning me on to this great & so helpful feature!! This is *so* awesome; ty so much for this article. I had NO idea about this amazing feature of Firefox and now I can’t live without it!

My quick searches are for Amazon, IMDB, Wikipedia, Huffington Post, Copyblogger, Dictionary.com, Thesaurus.com, and Make Use Of (I’m a writer/blogger, in case you couldn’t tell ;) ).

I can’t thank you enough for turning me on to this great & so helpful feature!!

]]> By: Swamy http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-407325 Swamy Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:43:26 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-407325 This firefox addon should also help.This will add the serach to your firefox search bar. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682 This firefox addon should also help.This will add the serach to your firefox search bar.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682

]]> By: Make Your Own FireFox Search Plugins & Other Tips | MakeUseOf.com http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-374758 Make Your Own FireFox Search Plugins & Other Tips | MakeUseOf.com Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:32:17 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-374758 [...] you may just create a keyword search for it. It takes about 5 seconds to do [...] [...] you may just create a keyword search for it. It takes about 5 seconds to do [...]

]]> By: Using Google Images more effectively « Interactive Whiteboards in Australia http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-362204 Using Google Images more effectively « Interactive Whiteboards in Australia Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:03:24 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-362204 [...] results come on my screen. I also have similar shortcut searches for YouTube, imdb, wikipedia etc. Have a look at this blog post if you’d like to try [...] [...] results come on my screen. I also have similar shortcut searches for YouTube, imdb, wikipedia etc. Have a look at this blog post if you’d like to try [...]

]]> By: Mike Dunham http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-355332 Mike Dunham Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:21:03 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-355332 One more: I discovered this works for the tinyurl.com "make tiny" box, too. So now I can type "tiny" and then a copied URL, and bang, it's tinyurl'ed. One more: I discovered this works for the tinyurl.com “make tiny” box, too. So now I can type “tiny” and then a copied URL, and bang, it’s tinyurl’ed.

]]> By: dgsinclair http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-351590 dgsinclair Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:34:06 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-351590 Favorite quick searches amazon (az) bible gateway (bg) answers in genesis (aig) christianbook.com (cbd) wikipedia (wi) pricegrabber (pg) bookfinder.com (bf) Favorite quick searches

amazon (az)
bible gateway (bg)
answers in genesis (aig)
christianbook.com (cbd)
wikipedia (wi)
pricegrabber (pg)
bookfinder.com (bf)

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350857 Aibek Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:19:59 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350857 Excellent Tip ! Thanks for sharing Excellent Tip !
Thanks for sharing

]]> By: Mike Dunham http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350837 Mike Dunham Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:54:44 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350837 I can't be stopped - check out this old lifehacker post to figure out how to set up quicksearches with multiple parameters: http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox/firefox-tip--how-to-set-up-multi+parameter-keyword-searches-240552.php I can’t be stopped – check out this old lifehacker post to figure out how to set up quicksearches with multiple parameters:

http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox/firefox-tip–how-to-set-up-multi+parameter-keyword-searches-240552.php

]]> By: Mike Dunham http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350836 Mike Dunham Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:02:00 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350836 I was playing around with this and reading the comments, and I found a great way to search all CraigsList sites at once: 1. I setup a keyword search for Google, but I called it "CraigsList" and used "cl" as the keyword. 2. Bookmarks >> "CraigsList", except right-click the bookmark and select "Properties". 3. Change this part of the URL - q=%s - to this - q=site:craigslist.org%20%s - and click OK. Now I can type "cl ipod" in the awesome bar and get every hit for "ipod" on every CraigsList site there is. This is basically a slight twist on DHunter's comment, but with all due respect I thought it wasn't explained well enough for a relative noob like me, so I thought it was worth posting again. I was playing around with this and reading the comments, and I found a great way to search all CraigsList sites at once:

1. I setup a keyword search for Google, but I called it “CraigsList” and used “cl” as the keyword.
2. Bookmarks >> “CraigsList”, except right-click the bookmark and select “Properties”.
3. Change this part of the URL – q=%s – to this – q=site:craigslist.org%20%s – and click OK.

Now I can type “cl ipod” in the awesome bar and get every hit for “ipod” on every CraigsList site there is.

This is basically a slight twist on DHunter’s comment, but with all due respect I thought it wasn’t explained well enough for a relative noob like me, so I thought it was worth posting again.

]]> By: 为你的网站添加Firefox快捷搜索 | 帕兰映像 http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350570 为你的网站添加Firefox快捷搜索 | 帕兰映像 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:03:36 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350570 [...] via Makeuseof [...] [...] via Makeuseof [...]

]]> By: Eye on the Web: Friday Links Edition » Go Web Young Man http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350440 Eye on the Web: Friday Links Edition » Go Web Young Man Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:59:13 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350440 [...] Your Own Firefox Quick Searches Do you browse with Firefox? If so, check out this post on 7 Firefox Quick Searches You Should Set Up. I followed the advice in the article, created quick searches for Delicious and YouTube and have [...] [...] Your Own Firefox Quick Searches Do you browse with Firefox? If so, check out this post on 7 Firefox Quick Searches You Should Set Up. I followed the advice in the article, created quick searches for Delicious and YouTube and have [...]

]]> By: TheFix http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350423 TheFix Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:43:24 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350423 I can't live without quick search. I probably have 3 dozen quick searches. Google, IMDB, Delicious, Wikipedia, Amazon, Thesaraus, Answers.com, Zip Codes, Digg, YouTube, Weather.com, Amazon MP3...the list goes on and on. I amazingly have most of them memorized too. I can’t live without quick search. I probably have 3 dozen quick searches.

Google, IMDB, Delicious, Wikipedia, Amazon, Thesaraus, Answers.com, Zip Codes, Digg, YouTube, Weather.com, Amazon MP3…the list goes on and on. I amazingly have most of them memorized too.

]]> By: Harmo http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350415 Harmo Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:21:30 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350415 I didn't even know about this feature! anyway, a good one that i added is yahoo answers.. in order to search for questions without having to go to the website first. I didn’t even know about this feature!
anyway, a good one that i added is yahoo answers..
in order to search for questions without having to go to the website first.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350400 Aibek Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:52:38 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350400 :-) :-)

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350399 Aibek Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:51:25 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350399 thanks for the link, looks like a nice extension. The only problem, I have already lots of stuff on my Firefox setup so I try to avoid adding anythng else to it. thanks for the link, looks like a nice extension. The only problem, I have already lots of stuff on my Firefox setup so I try to avoid adding anythng else to it.

]]> By: Aibek http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350398 Aibek Thu, 09 Oct 2008 22:48:41 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350398 I have one for Flickr as well, though it's not essential for me. I have one for Flickr as well, though it’s not essential for me.

]]> By: links for 2008-10-09 » Go Web Young Man http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350380 links for 2008-10-09 » Go Web Young Man Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:26:20 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350380 [...] 7 Firefox Quick Searches You Should Set Up | MakeUseOf.com A great tip for using Firefox to directly search specific websites. (tags: firefox searching tips) [...] [...] 7 Firefox Quick Searches You Should Set Up | MakeUseOf.com A great tip for using Firefox to directly search specific websites. (tags: firefox searching tips) [...]

]]> By: DHunter http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350366 DHunter Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:48:50 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350366 I like often like to set up quicksearches that use google's site searches + I'm Feeling Lucky feature. Just take whatever bookmark, right-click-->properties, then edit this link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:makeuseof.com%20%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky to change makeuseof.com to whatever domain name you want. Add in a Name and a Keyword and you're done! I find this type of search incredibly useful for en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, last.fm, rottentomatoes.com. You can do this without the I'm Feeling Lucky of course for other sites. The key is that %s is where the search term goes. I like often like to set up quicksearches that use google’s site searches + I’m Feeling Lucky feature. Just take whatever bookmark, right-click–>properties, then edit this link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=site:makeuseof.com%20%s&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky to change makeuseof.com to whatever domain name you want. Add in a Name and a Keyword and you’re done!

I find this type of search incredibly useful for en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, last.fm, rottentomatoes.com. You can do this without the I’m Feeling Lucky of course for other sites. The key is that %s is where the search term goes.

]]> By: chris http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350351 chris Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:16:33 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350351 a great tool to do the same thing is <a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/serchilo-command-web/" title="serchilo" rel="nofollow">Serchilo</a>. you don't need to set it up yourself, many shortcuts are already defined. if you still miss one you can add it yourself. a great tool to do the same thing is Serchilo. you don’t need to set it up yourself, many shortcuts are already defined. if you still miss one you can add it yourself.

]]> By: Kaitlin http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350317 Kaitlin Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:18:05 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350317 I keep thinking I should set these up, but the obsessive-compulsive part of me points out that the rest of my searches are in the search bar, and that just wouldn't be right, so I haven't yet, hehe. XD I keep thinking I should set these up, but the obsessive-compulsive part of me points out that the rest of my searches are in the search bar, and that just wouldn’t be right, so I haven’t yet, hehe. XD

]]> By: USBman http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350316 USBman Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:50:50 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350316 Additionally, you can use the <a href="" rel="nofollow">CyberSearch</a> addon to do the very same thing, right from within the "AwesomeBar." You can simply assign new keywords, much the same as you do in the technique you've just outlined - the difference is that you do search and see <i>actual results</i> <b>directly within</b> the AwesomeBar, with the added bonus of seeing thumbnail previews next to their respective results. See the tutorial <a href="http://cybernetnews.com/2008/07/10/cybersearch-099-better-icon-management-smart-keywords-and-more/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Additionally, you can use the CyberSearch addon to do the very same thing, right from within the “AwesomeBar.”

You can simply assign new keywords, much the same as you do in the technique you’ve just outlined – the difference is that you do search and see actual results directly within the AwesomeBar, with the added bonus of seeing thumbnail previews next to their respective results.

See the tutorial here.

]]> By: Rosie http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/firefox-quick-searches-you-should-set-up/comment-page-1/#comment-350314 Rosie Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:01:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=5319#comment-350314 Great tip - thanks for this. I also added Google Images and Flickr, as i use these constantly during my day. Great tip – thanks for this. I also added Google Images and Flickr, as i use these constantly during my day.

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