This techniques allows you to do searches from the address bar by first typing in some keyords then a search string. So to search Google i type something like gg bill hicks, and it goes off and grabs the page. To set this up is easy. In my example i'll set up a search to look through Macromedia.com. First goto:
Bookmarks » Manage Bookmarks » New Bookmarks
Then add the following information to the fields
Name = Macromedia Search
Location = http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?term=%s
Keyword = mm
Close that, go back to FF and type something like mm blackstone to search Macromedia for Blackstone information.
As you can see this all lies in the %s, this is the string that FF passes to the url. With this in mind, you can now be really lazy and set up bookmarks like:
| keyword | Location | Desc. |
|---|---|---|
| com | http://www.%s.com | Look up .com address. Also do this for .net .org etc |
| dict | http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s | Dictionary look up |
| aj | http://www.andyjarrett.co.uk | Don't forget you can just use it as a shortcut to your favourite site |