Location Bar search

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By default when you type a keyword into the Location Bar Firefox takes you to the top Google result for that search. However, by modifying the about:config entry keyword.URL you can change this behaviour.

Location Bar keyword URLs

Service keyword.URL
Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" (default) http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
Google "Browse by Name" (Automatically takes you to sites with a clear match, else performs a Google search) http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
Google Search (Google search results page) http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=

Advanced Search Tips and Tricks

Google

There is a way to turn safesearch off in Google without setting preference cookies. Simply go to the Firefox folder (Not the profile folder) in My computer -> Local Disk -> Program Files -> Mozilla Firefox -> Search plugins Open up Google.src and add <input name="safe" value="off"> inbetween <input name="oe" value="utf-8"> and <interpret browserResultType="result" then save and restart Firefox.

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