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I end up searching several different web sites frequently, and it’s a pain going to the site first, then entering my search term, and finally looking at the results. Luckily Firefox has a huge shortcut to this. Here’s how:

1. Go to the page with the search form. For this example, let’s go to the MSDN  home page.
2. In the “Search MSDN for” box in the upper right, put the mouse over the search box, and right-click. In the menu that pops up, select “Add a keyword for this search…”
3. The “Add a Bookmark” dialog box will appear. Enter “MSDN home page” in the Name field, and enter your preferred shortcut term in the Keyword field. I’m going to use “msdn”.
4. You can change the folder the bookmark will be created in if you want. For now accept the default and click “Ok”.
5. Go to Google’s home page, just so you know Firefox isn’t cheating.
6. Click in the URL bar (or press Alt+D), and type “msdn asp.net 2” without the quotes.

You should see the MSDN/Microsoft search page with the first 10 results for “ASP.NET 2”. Now go add more smart keywords!

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