[GUIDE] FireFox Search Keywords

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  1. Cacklenub

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    Welcome​

    Hello and welcome to this guide on adding firefox search keywords, making firefox even more customizable for those of you who haven't heard of this before.


    Firefox KeyWord searches are basically a convenient way to use a search engine or site search without using that site, rather your search bar.

    Getting Started​


    To start, you will need:
    • FireFox
    • Search Bar

    Once you have the search bar you want to use, right click it and select "Add a keyword for this search". For my example, I will be using google. Side note: Be sure to leave the search bar blank when doing this...unlike mine. =p

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    Once you have done that, you will be prompted to add a Name, Keyword, and the location to create in(Bookmarks Menu is default). The name doesn't matter, but it will appear in your bookmarks so you should probably put something worthwhile for convenience in the future. However, keyword is rather important for what we will be doing. You should make this short, a letter or two. And then the location doesn't matter.

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    Now once you click "Ok", your bookmark will be added and you can now use the true beauty of this firefox feature! Whenever I want to use a google search, I just type "g whatever" in my address bar and I will get a google search of whatever I entered.

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    Recommendations​


    I do not use most of these, but here are some recommendations of quick and convenient searches. :) Post or PM and I will include your recommendations.


    a Ask
    ak Andkon
    al AvLog
    am Amazon
    d Dictionary
    e Ebay
    g Google
    gi Google Images
    gm Google Maps
    idb In-Depth Battlepedia
    ms MySpace
    n Neopets
    pb PhotoBucket
    sn SunnyNeo
    sw ShopWiz(neo)
    t Thesaurus
    t TinyPic
    ta Target
    tp Trading Post(neo)
    us User Scripts
    w Wikipedia
    wm Walmart
    y Yahoo!
    y YouTube​

    These are just recommendations, there are plenty more out there of course.

    Cool Things​

    Here are some cool things you can do with this trick. You can also pm or post ideas and suggestions for this.

    Tinyurl
    Quickly shorten URLs using tinyurl. Add the keyword for the search, such as tu, then whenever you want just put "tu" in front of the url.

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    Vixy
    Use vixy.net to quickly download youtube videos onto your computer. Just add the keyword for the search, my keyword will be "v".


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    Quick Login
    You can use this to select your username as well. Just go to login page of whatever site and add a keyword search. I will use neopets login for example, add a keyword search on username such as "nu" for neo username.

    Then you can just type nu munsterpoo whenever you like in your address bar and you will have 1/2 the work done of logging in.

    The End​

    That's the end of this tutorial...hope you found it useful. :) Please leave comments and suggestions below, ideas for example keyword searches and cool tricks are also welcome.
     
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