For some reason, I find it easier, and much more comfortable using keyboard shortcuts. (Who doesn’t? )

Anyway, this shortcut allows me to access my most frequently visited sites by just inputting one letter on the url address bar.

I access my wordpress admin by pressing c on the url address bar.
I access youtube by hitting “yt”.
I access warriorforum by pressing w.
I access youtube search by inputting “y”+my search.
I access imdb search by inputting “i”+my search query.

So how do you do it?

Well, it’s known as firefox keyword bookmark shortcuts.
No, you don’t need a plugin or addon, only firefox and your saved bookmarks.

Basically how it works is, instead of having to type long url addresses, you can substitute that long url address with a letter or keyword which you set in the bookmark’s properties.

To set the bookmark’s properties:

1) Hit Ctrl+B to open up the bookmarks panel.

2) Right click on your bookmarks, and select properties:

3) Now, input a letter or keyword you want to associate that bookmark with and hit ok:

Now everytime I hit “y” on the url address, I get redirected automatically to youtube.
(Actually, I use “yt” for youtube and “y” for youtube search… this is just for demo purposes. )

You can even use it for searching youtube for a video without visiting the youtube homepage.

Example, if I want to search youtube for funny videos, this is what I would type: y funny videos, and hit enter:

This is because I saved a bookmark for youtube search.

What’s the URL address for youtube search,imdb search, ebay search?

On the Location field, copy the following as the url:

Youtube Search:

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s&search_type=

So everytime you want to search music videos on youtube, you would type:

y music videos (depending on your keyword)

For imdb search, this is what I use:

http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s&x=0&y=0

So If would want to see reviews or info on Iron Man, I would type:

i iron man

on the url address bar and it will automatically redirect me to search results for Iron Man.

For ebay search, this is what I use:

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=%s&category0=

So, what types of sites would you want to apply a shortcut?

Your wp-admin login page.
Your most visited forum.
Your most visited video site.
Your most visited blogs.
Youtube search, google search, forum search, ebay search,etc
A lyrics site.
In other words, your most visited sites!

Go try it!
It’s easy and wouldn’t take much of your time!

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To bookmark a page,
1 – You can press Ctrl+D
2 – Or you can drag and drop the url address to your bookmarks panel: