You should try Firefox's Smart Keywords for searching directly from the location bar: <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords" rel="nofollow">http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Smart+keywords</a><p>Using these, I type "gs &#60;search terms&#62;" for Google. I also have this set up for Wikipedia, Google Maps, Bing Image search, Amazon, etc. It's better than Chrome because you can bypass Google web search when you know there's a domain specific search that's better.