Search And Access Sites Faster With Keywords
Quick, what's the fastest way to access a website? By typing the URL in the web browser's Address Bar? Maybe for go.com, but certainly not for HasTheLhcDestroyedTheEarth.com. Is it easier to click on a bookmark link? Not if it is buried under Bookmarks → Larry → Technology → News → Blogs → Ghacks. How about searching the web? The easiest way to search is by using the build in search form, right? Or is it easier to open the search engine and search on their page directly?
Both of those questions can be made simple by taking keywords into account. Keywords – or nicknames as Opera calls them – are user-assigned characters or phrases that can be used as an alternative to entering a site's full URL into the Address Bar. Once the user assigns a keyword to a specific bookmark in his browser he can simply type that keyword and the browser loads the associated bookmark. Search engines can also have keywords associated with them, which are used in conjunction with the search terms. For instance, it is possible to assign the keyword “g†to Google Search. A search can thereafter be performed by entering g <search-terms> in the Address Bar of the web browser.
Quick, what's the fastest way to access a website? By typing the URL in the web browser's Address Bar? Maybe for go.com, but certainly not for HasTheLhcDestroyedTheEarth.com. Is it easier to click on a bookmark link? Not if it is buried under Bookmarks → Larry → Technology → News → Blogs → Ghacks. How about searching the web? The easiest way to search is by using the build in search form, right? Or is it easier to open the search engine and search on their page directly?
Both of those questions can be made simple by taking keywords into account. Keywords – or nicknames as Opera calls them – are user-assigned characters or phrases that can be used as an alternative to entering a site's full URL into the Address Bar. Once the user assigns a keyword to a specific bookmark in his browser he can simply type that keyword and the browser loads the associated bookmark. Search engines can also have keywords associated with them, which are used in conjunction with the search terms. For instance, it is possible to assign the keyword “g†to Google Search. A search can thereafter be performed by entering g <search-terms> in the Address Bar of the web browser.