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I preferred a very short keyword to maximize the usefulness of these shortcuts. You can obviously decide to use a more descriptive keyword using more letters.
How to use this
If you want to install a new search engine to Google Chrome, just right-click on the omnibar (addressbar) , choose ‘Edit Search Engines‘ and click Add. For each example I reported all the required parameters, then it’s just a copy & paste job for you!
Language Tools
The Free Dictionary
TheFreeDictionary
fd
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/%s
Thesaurus
Thesaurus
th
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/%s
Synonyms
Synonyms
sy
http://www.synonym.com/synonyms/%s
WordReference Translation IT -> EN
Obviously you can choose a different couple of languages, simply editing /iten/ with the desired one /esen/
Wordreference ITEN
writ
http://wordreference.com/iten/%s
WordReference Translation EN -> IT
Obviously you can choose a different couple of languages, simply editing /enit/ with the desired one /enes/
Wordreference ENIT
wren
http://wordreference.com/enit/%s
Social Bookmarking
Delicious
Delicious
dl
http://delicious.com/search?p=%s
Digg
Digg
dg
http://digg.com/search?s=%s
Diigo
Diigo
di
http://www.diigo.com/search?adSScope=community&what=%s
Mixx
Mixx
mx
http://www.mixx.com/search?query=%s
Reddit
Reddit
rd
http://www.reddit.com/search?q=%s
StumbleUpon
StumbleUpon
su
http://www.stumbleupon.com/search?q=%s
Twine
Twine
tn
http://www.twine.com/search?type=&text=%s
Social Networks
Anobii
Anobii
ai
http://www.anobii.com/search?keyword=&productType=0&s=1&submit=Cerca
Bebo
Bebo
bb
http://www.bebo.com/Search2.jsp?SearchTerm=%s
Bing Twitter
Bing Twitter
bg
http://www.bing.com/twitter/search?q=%s
Facebook Search
Facebook Search
fb
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=%s
Hi5
Hi5
hi5
http://hi5.com/friend/processBrowseSearch.do?searchText=%s
Linkedin
Linkedin
lk
http://www.linkedin.com/search?pplSearchOrigin=GLHD&keywords=asd&search=%s
MySpace
MySpace
ms
http://searchservice.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=sitesearch.results&orig=search_Header&origpfc=Splash&type=People&qry=%s&submit=Cerca
Plaxo
Plaxo
px
http://www.plaxo.com/search/publicPeopleSearch?keywords=%s
Tumblr
Tumblr
tb
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/%s
Twitter
Twitter
tw
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%s
Social Media
Deviant Art
Deviant Art
da
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=%s
Flickr
Flickr
fr
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=%s&w=all
Imeem
Imeem
ie
http://www.imeem.com/tag/%s/music/
LastFm
LastFm
lf
http://www.last.fm/music/%s
Youtube
Youtube
yt
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&search_type=&aq=f
News
BBC
BBC
bc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/search/results.pl?go=homepage&scope=all&q=%s&Search=Search
CNN
CNN
cn
http://search.cnn.com/search.jsp?intl=true&query=%s&type=news&sortBy=date
The Guardian
The Guardian
gd
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search=%s&search_target=/search&fr=cb-guardian
New York Times
New York Times
nt
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=%s&srchst=cse
Info
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
wk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s
Trip Advisor
Trip Advisor
ta
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Search?q=%s
