It's interesting to think about how to add customized searches to IE7 using OpenSearch: search providers For example, I often see searches for jobs, but what's the use of searching the whole internet. You generally want to search for a job in a specific location. Now anyone that's searching for a job should probably save searches at all the key job sites: Monster, CareerBuilder, and so on. No need to create a customized search for your IE7 or Firefox search toolbar.
But suppose you are a career counselor, and people walk in and want a specific job. You might want a search shortcut available in your toolbar. For example, let's use Indeed.com . It's a job search engine that searches a bunch of places on the web for a job. Go to the site and create a search on the zip code you want. You end up with a URL like:
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=project&l=33014&start=10
It's easy to take the word I searched on, project, and replace it with the keyword that OpenSearchList.com uses. Now you have the URL
http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=brrreeeport&l=33014&start=10
Go to the add your own search page of OpenSearch: adding searches to Firefox and IE7. Add your name, description, the URL above, and you're done. It's that simple.
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