Monday, October 23, 2006

Firefox Keyword Search

Here's a nifty trick for Firefox users that will allow you to search Beer Me! from your browser's Location Bar.



First, go to beerme.com. (This link pops up a new window so you won't lose these instructions.) Notice the "search" box on the left-hand side of the page.



beerme.com search box



Right-click in the search box and select "Add a Keyword for this Search...". You'll get a popup asking for a Name and a Keyword. The Name is the text that will appear in your list of Bookmarks. The Keyword is what you'll type into the Location Bar to make it go; use something short and easy to remember. Personally, I use bm for beerme.com, but you can use whatever you like.



Now you can just type your keyword followed by your search terms to find anything on beerme.com. Here's an example:



beerme.com search example



Thanks to Jonathan at beermapping.com for the idea; he has a much more lucid and well-illustrated set of instructions here.

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