Are you using keywords?

Submitted by David on Tue, 2007-06-12 22:48

One of the habits that I got into over the last half-year or so is the use of Firefox's smart keywords. Essentially, they allow you to type in keywords plus search terms instead of typing in www.rotundus.com.

What keywords do I have hooked up:

amazon
Runs a search at Amazon.ca
bib
Searches a private copy of a bibliography management system (running Aigaion)
esv
Searches the English Standard Version of the Bible
imdb
Pokes around in the Internet Movie Database
scholar
Google Scholar (directed through the university's proxy system so I'll also get automatic access to articles)
tv
Searches the TV guide at Zap2It
wiki
Searches my private wiki

Comments

Scott

Wed, 2007-06-13 11:43

I have custom searches set up, which is similar but takes place it the search box instead of the address bar.

Amazon.ca
Google
Google Code Search
IMDB
Live Search
Lostpedia
Memory Alpha
Technorati
Wikipedia

David

Fri, 2007-06-15 19:44

Ooh... wikipedia. How could I have forgotten that. I've added that with the shortcut wp.

r0sigma

Fri, 2007-06-15 18:45

Thanks for the tip, David. I hadn't noticed that feature before, and have now set up a few of these, including Trinity's search box for easy Academic Calendar lookup, etc., as well as nasb, niv, etc. through BibleGateway.

r0sigma - http://r0sigma.blogspot.com/