QUICK SEARCH Suggestions:-

angeldust · Thu Mar 04, 2004 1:19 am

SweetLou wrote:

I have a thought, instead of Anderson having to write all of these suggestions to the Quick Search. How about making a sticky thread where we can have a list of different ones we like and people can add the ones they want to suggest?

It can be in the format of :
Title
What it is:
Web address:
String to add to quick search:
eg:
Wikipedia
A living Encyclopedia about everything, that gets updated daily
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s

I think this will be able to keep the quick search clean and people can add what they want.

A good suggestion SweetLou, here it is. (I edited it a bit)
Okay Folks if you have a QUICK SEARCH suggestion you think others would like Post 'Em Here as described above.!

Rcasula found a workaround for AB converting the Quick Search strings to lower-case:

Rcasula wrote:

A simple workaround for AB converting the Quick Search strings to lower-case is to code the upper-case characters in UTF-8
e.g.:{1} For Australia this would mean the follow string would work:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%s&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&hl=en&meta=cr%3dcountry%41%55
{2} For the UK:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie ... e=utf-8&q=%s&btng=search&meta=cr%3dcountry%55%4b%7ccountry%47%42)
All we're doing here is replacing the upper-case characters in the URL with their character codes:
A=%41, B=%42, C=%43, D=%44, E=%45, F=%46, G=%47, H=%48,
I=%49, J=%4a, K=%4b, L=%4c, M=%4d, N=%4e, O=%4f, P=%50,
Q=%51, R=%52, S=%53, T=%54, U=%55, V=%56, W=%57, X=%58,
Y=%59, Z=%5a

angeldust · Fri Mar 12, 2004 7:22 am

Here are two I use:

1) Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary
http://www.m-w.com/
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/dictionary?b ... ionary&va=%s
Thesaurus
http://m-w.com/
http://www.m-w.com/cgi-bin/thesaurus?book=Thesaurus&va=%s

2)Vivisimo Cluster Engine
Cluster Search Engine
http://vivisimo.com/
http://vivisimo.com/search?query=%s

Coolnat2004 · Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:26 pm

HyperDictionary.com
Dictionary about anything and everything including tech terms, medical terms, and horoscope-like terms.
http://www.hyperdictionary.com
http://hyperdictionary.com/search.aspx?define=%s

Dictionary.com
The obvious website for dictionary. My second choice dictionary =P.
http://www.dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=%s

Altavista
Search Engine
http://www.altavista.com/
http://www.altavista.com/web/results?q=%s
Image Search Engine
http://www.altavista.com/image/results?q=%s&mik=photo&mik=graphic&mish=all&mip=all&mis=all&miwxh=all&avkw=aapt
Audio Search Engine
http://www.altavista.com/audio/results? ... udset=2&q=%s&avkw=aapt
Video Search Engine
http://www.altavista.com/video/results? ... idset=2&q=%s&avkw=aapt

Logan · Wed Mar 17, 2004 8:52 pm

fishthecat wrote:

Posted: Mar 17, 2004 7:24 AM Post subject: Tip: http://www.[domain].co.uk an easy way.

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I've used Avant's Quick Search to create a shortcut for getting to .co.uk sites easily.

By setting up a quick search shortcut of "uk" and URL of "http://www.%s.co.uk", I can type "uk bbc" into my address bar and hitting enter takes me to http://www.bbc.co.uk.

The same idea could be used for any url.

Here's one I copied form another thread.

fishthecat · Wed Mar 17, 2004 10:36 pm

PHP Quick Reference Tips
Search for php definitions etc.
http://www.php.net
http://www.php.net/%s

(Info 'harvested' from http://www.php.net/tips.php )

angeldust · Thu Mar 18, 2004 11:29 pm

Artifex requested that this be posted.

WebShots
Free Photo Community where you can UL/DL Quality Pictures
http://community.webshots.com
http://www.webshots.com/search/search.fcgi?words=%s

Artifex · Wed Mar 24, 2004 12:05 am

I'm going to try to make my own post this time. Here goes...

Behind The Name
The etymology and history of first names
http://www.behindthename.com
http://www.behindthename.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?terms=%s
_ _ _

The University of Chicago Library, English-Greek Dictionary
A Vocabulary of the Attic Language
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/efts/Woodhouse/
http://colet.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/chuck ... l?keyword=%s
_ _ _

Well, these are two of my interests...

bigC · Wed Mar 24, 2004 9:30 pm

This Forum
Search Avant support from your address bar
http://forum.avantbrowser.com
search.php?search_keywords=%s&show_results=topics

Joey85 · Sat Mar 27, 2004 11:09 am

IMDb
Search the Internet Movie Database for names or films

http://imdb.com
http://imdb.com/find?tt=on;nm=on;mx=20;q=%s

hornakapopolis · Mon Mar 29, 2004 11:19 pm

UPS
UPS tracking numbers

http://www.ups.com
http://wwwapps.ups.com/tracking/tracking.cgi?tracknum=%s

Lofote · Sat Apr 03, 2004 6:53 pm

KB
Show a specified knowledge base article (e.g. "828028") from Microsoft's Support pages.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;%s

I use that one a *lot*. It is primary for network admins I guess.

lukeprog · Thu Apr 08, 2004 2:20 am

I'll just list the ones I have that haven't already been mentioned (and aren't included in AB by default):

AlltheWeb Audio Search
Name says it all.
http://www.alltheweb.com
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=mp3&cs=utf8&q=%s

AlltheWeb Video Search
Name says it all.
http://www.alltheweb.com
http://www.alltheweb.com/search?cat=vid&cs=utf8&q=%s

Thesaurus
Name says it all.
theasaurus.reference.com
http://thesaurus.reference.com/search?q=%s

Rottentomatoes
Critic-consensus search for entertainment reviews (mostly movies)
http://www.rottentomatoes.com
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/search/fu ... hp?search=%s

Allmusic Artist Search
One of the biggest databases of music anywhere, and certainly the best cross-referenced.
http://www.allmusic.com
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&opt1=1&sql=%s

Allmusic Song Search
One of the biggest databases of music anywhere, and certainly the best cross-referenced.
http://www.allmusic.com
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?P=amg&opt1=3&sql=%s

Acronym Finder
The largest database of acronyms and their meanings anywhere.
http://www.acronymfinder.com
http://www.acronymfinder.com/af-query.a ... t&Acronym=%s&Find=Find

Filesearching
FTP search.
http://www.filesharing.com
f=http://www.filesearching.com/cgi-bin/s?q=%s&t=f&d=&l=en

Bible Gateway
A site to search several versions of the Bible by passage or text. This link searches the NIV version for an exact phrase.
bible.gospelcom.net
http://bible.gospelcom.net/cgi-bin/bible?search=%s&SearchType=EXACT&version=NIV&restrict=&StartRestrict=&EndRestrict=&rpp=500&SearchWholeWords=yes&language=english&searchpage=0&x=10&y=8

hornakapopolis · Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:13 pm

Google/IE
Shows search results in a different style

http://www.google.com/ie?q=%s&hl=en&lr=&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

bigC · Fri Apr 09, 2004 8:38 pm

E-bay
Online auctions
http://www.ebay.com
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?query=%s

SweetLou · Sun Apr 18, 2004 7:52 am

MysteryFCM said:

Quote:

whois
Quick search to "whois" a domain name;
http://sunny.nic.com/cgi-bin/whois?domain=%s

Then just type;
whois somedomain.com in the address bar. (where somedomain.com is the domain you wish to query)

Edit to fit format better

stevenp · Sun Apr 18, 2004 8:33 pm

mine:

google:
http://www.google.com
g http://www.google.com/search?q=%s
image google:
http://images.google.com
ig http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&l ... -8859-1&q=%s
magiccard database:
http://www.magicthegathering.com
k (dutch) http://www.wizards.com/magic/autocard.asp?name=%s
download.com
http://www.download.com
d http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=%s&tg=dl-2001

cygnus183 · Fri Apr 30, 2004 2:37 am

amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/searc ... -keywords=%s

MysteryFCM · Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:30 pm

Spyware Data searches
http://www.spywaredata.com

Search by: Company Name
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/sear ... php?query=%s&search_by=company_name

Search By: Filename
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/sear ... php?query=%s&search_by=file_name

Search By: Registry/CLSID
http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/sear ... php?query=%s&search_by=registry_clsid

Example Quick Search Usage

Shortcut: sdata
URL: http://www.spywaredata.com/spyware/sear ... php?query=%s&search_by=company_name

.... and in the address bar, one would enter something along the lines of (for example)

sdata Microsoft

MysteryFCM · Sun Sep 19, 2004 10:45 pm

sURL
http://surl.co.uk

Additional info for Avant Browser users: http://avant.it-mate.co.uk/default.asp?c=Tips&s=17#tip

Create sURL:

Shortcut: make
URL: http://surl.co.uk/make.asp?act=Check&Target=%s

Example usage

make http://www.microsoft.com

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Lookup sURL:

Shortcut: lookup
URL: http://surl.co.uk/lookup.asp?s=%s

Example usage

lookup 559

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Where the Shortcut is whatever you wish

MysteryFCM · Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:53 pm

I hate posting this as I am no fan of Google but....... here's one for you music lovers;

Alias: gmp3
URL: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... x.of?+mp3+%s

Example usage;

gmp3 aerosmith

Or

Alias gmusic
URL: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=U ... index.of?+%s+%s

Example usage;

gmusic video aerosmith

Where the alias is of course, your choice.

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