How To Change Firefox Location Bar SearchingNovember 18th, 2007 By default in Firefox you can type one or more keywords in the location bar. Firefox recognizes that it is not an URL and uses I'm Lucky search with Google search engine for version < 2; it uses Google search by name for Firefox version 2 and above.
Best and Worst Browsers - Choice of the InternetJanuary 18th, 2006 Search best browser on Google and Mozilla Firefox is returned as the first result. If you are into I'm Feeling Lucky search then it will directly take you to Firefox home page.
How to Change Your FireFox Location Bar Search EngineOctober 25th, 2005 If you, like me, has been the victim of Yahoo Spyware aka Yahoo IM then you may notice that in the firefox location bar if you type in a keyword, it takes you to Yahoo preferences page. Previously it used to perform a Google "I'm Lucky" Search and take you to the first page of its search results automatically.
Will Google Launch Microblog Search OfferingJune 15th, 2009 Google executives are all praises for Twitter's success. Well, what could be the reason? It seems that the Googleplex men are looking to cash on the micoblogging giant.
Microsoft Bings Twitter to SearchJuly 2nd, 2009 With Twitter's foray into mainstream media there has been a urge for real-time search and urgency of delivering topical data. Google and Facebook are working out significant changes on their search tools to fillip status updates.
How To Remove Search Engines (Specifically Yahoo) From Firefox / FlockOctober 23rd, 2005 After my ill-fated attempt to use latest version of Yahoo Instant Messenger (The Malware), I manually removed all traces of Yahoo Instant Messenger from my system. One thing however persisted - their search engine plugin for Firefox.
Firefox Productivity TipsJanuary 3rd, 2006 Today we will discuss three productivity tips which has helped me most in Firefox last year. Location bar for "I'm Lucky" Google Search
In the location bar (where you type in the URL) if you type in a word or phrase and hit [Enter] - the browser does a "I'm Lucky" Google search which effectively does the search and takes you to the first matching page.
Google Down!January 8th, 2008 It has been several hours since Google search went down. Google services on google.com domain, including but not limited to GMail or Google Analytics, Google Adsense etc., are down too while blogsearch.google.com is up and running.
Firefox Woes: Memory Leaking, Hanging, Incorrect Rendering etc.December 16th, 2005 Firefox has its own share of troubles. If I happen to open few sites with Flash advertisements on them and leave it open for some time, Firefox gobbles up most of the memory and becomes dog-slow.
In Defence of Google Web SearchJuly 9th, 2006 Nowadays it is common to complain about the accuracy of Google web search results (not image search as I have done in my earlier post). Most of the people complaining about Google web search are SEO types and those who have been affected by sudden lack of Google love.
Google to Acquire Twitter: SourcesApril 3rd, 2009 Washingtonpost today has just brought in a heck of a rumor that Google may be in the last stage of acquiring Twitter. No one knows the price or exact transactional details yet, nor there is any official source to that, but its said that the deal may be well over $250 Million.
How to Use FireFox Browser Through AnalogX ProxyAugust 21st, 2005 When FireFox is used through AnalogX Proxy (a popular free proxy server) a strange error persistently happens if you have too many browser windows open. All of your requests get strangely redirected to the last opened site.
Google Goodies for Firefox UsersJuly 11th, 2005 Assorted list of latest products from Google targeted at Firefox users.
1-Minute Guide To Protect Against Search Engines Tracking Using Firefox BrowserAugust 9th, 2006 Recently AOL released 20 million web search queries, over a period of three months, from 650, 000 AOL search engine users. The data anonymizes user identity by assigning them numerical id.
Google Adds Referral Earning to AdSense; Changes Terms of ServiceNovember 4th, 2005 Google has silently added an option to display referral links (with images) in your blog or web sites. If anyone referred by you earns 100$ or more then Google credits your account with 100$.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:07 pm
That is an absolutely crazy addon! Woot!