Firefox address bar search

Firefox has a very good option to search anything directly from the address bar. We can change the search engine. To change the search engine go to address bar and tipe
about:config > enter 

Then Firefox will show a warning massage like this

click on "I'll be careful, I promise" button. Then you will get screen like this.

Go to search bar and search for "kyeword.URL" without quote.

Then select the option and right click on it and select modify and then any of the url given bellow according to your choice.

Default Google Search (In case you want to restore originals)
http://www.google.co.in/search?btnG=Google+Search&q=
Google Search with I’m Feeling Lucky (what the hell is difference?)
http://www.google.co.in/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=
Yahoo search
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=
Microsoft’s Live.com
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=
Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?fulltext=Search&search=
Wikipedia (GO option – Feeling Like Lucky)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?go=Go&search=
Technorati
http://www.technorati.com/search/

Cheers
A.Paul

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