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Google Chrome has a very handy feature that I used to rely on a lot which basically lets you modify URL and map it into a string (keyword, character, letter etc) and also be able to pass arguments to it to search or direct you to the customized URL you want.

What I mean is, in my own implementation, I used to map the string oed to the customized URL http://etymonline.com/?term=$1 in Chrome and searched for etymologies of words by typing, for instance oed Prodigy in the address bar which resulted in and lead me directly to the page in http://etymonline.com/?term=Prodigy URL of the website containing only the word's etymology entry.

I know about built-in Add a Keyword for this Search feature of Firefox, but that doesn't let you modify the string of the URL, meaning it results in http://etymonline.com?allowed_in_frame=0&search=, on the ground of the example above, which is not what I want because it searches and shows up multiple words in the result.

Moreover, add-ons such as Add to Seach Bar and Keyword Search do not help with that.

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In the bookmarks manager, find the bookmark referencing etymonline.com and change the Location field to the desired URL. Exit the window (which will delete the value of the Keyword field), and then find the bookmark in the manager again and re-add the keyword.

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  • Thanks! It indeed does the job, though it's somewhat strange how Firefox regards it as a bookmark.
    – user373230
    Nov 2, 2016 at 3:53

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