Do you make a lot of researches on the Internet, maybe on websites that are not major search engines like Google or Yahoo, and you want to speed up the search process?

Photo Credit: Davide Guglielmo - Edited by Nicolo’ Canali De Rossi

In Firefox you can type in the address box the name of a search engine followed by the search term (e.g. “Wikipedia Firefox”) so that it will search directly into that website, without the need of going to that page and type in the search box.

But, if you want to do the same thing on other sites, it is not possible if you do not set Firefox to do it properly.

Editors at Hongkiat.com have published a short guide on how to create Smart Keyword Searches in Firefox and Safari, showing how easy it is to search automatically in any website by typing your query in the address bar with Firefox.

Here’s what to do:

1. Go on the website you would like to create a quick search for and look for the search box.
2. Right click on the search box and select “Add a Keyword for this Search”.



3. A new box will open: in the Name field just type the site’s name or something that will help you remember the assigner search keyword. In the keyword box, type the string that you will use to search on that particular site.



Now anytime you will type the keyword and the search query, Firefox will automatically redirect you to the results page.



Via: Hongkiat.com