If you’re using Google Chrome, then you need to learn this simple trick of adding keywords to make your search faster and simpler. By default, when you type a keyword in Chrome’s omnibar (address bar), it redirects you to Google Search with it’s respective results. Now, if you want to search for a pic on Flickr or want to search something on Twitter, you can use the same address bar to perform your search. It’s pretty neat and very useful. Saves most of your time :)

Here’s how you do it:

Step 1:

Right-click on the address bar and select Edit search settings…

Step 2:

Click on Add and fill in the details and click OK.

Name: Name of the website.

Keyword: A unique keyword.

URL: The search URL (Don’t forget to add %s at the end of the URL)

Step 3:

It’s all setup now. Let’s put it to test. Let’s search for Techie-Buzz on Twitter. On the address bar, type the shortcut keyword (tw) followed by a space (else press Tab) and then enter your search term and press Enter. You’ll be redirected to Twitter.com with the the search results. Pretty simple! Isn’t it?

Here’s a huge collection of shortcut keywords along with their search URL prepared by Andrea Olivato. Check them out!