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How to add a custom search engine to Firefox?

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Mar 15, 2026137339 views
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Is there a way I can add a custom search URL to the Firefox search bar? e.g. I'd like to provide a URL such as , where Firefox replaces the with the content of the search box. Both IE and Opera can do this, but I can't figure out how to set it up in Firefox.

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http://blahblah.com?search=%s

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I'd like to provide a URL such as where Firefox replaces the with the content of the search box. You can do this with Firefox! Add a bookmark with that URL, where is the search query, then simply set a keyword for the bookmark. You can then search using in the address bar. For example, the bookmark with keyword means you can type in the address bar to search Google for "stack overflow". Alternatively, go to the site you want to search, right click in the search box and click "Add a keyword for …

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