Keyword Bookmarking
One of the useful features in Firefox 2.0 is the ability to add keywords to bookmarks which in turn can be used for quick navigation to your favorite sites. For example, if you bookmarked www.google.com and added a keyword of “g” you could then type “g” in the location bar of the browser, hit Enter, and be whisked away to Google’s homepage.
The keyword functionality can also be used to perform quick searches. I’ll use the Google example again. You can perform a search for the word “blog” using Google with the following URL: http://www.google.com/search?q=blog. In order to create a quick search you could bookmark http://www.google.com/search?q=%s and again add a keyword of “g”. Now, if you were type “g blog” in the location bar of the browser the “%s” in the bookmark is replaced with “blog” and you are taken to the results page for your search.
You can find more details at the following links:
Mozillazine - Using keyword searches
Linebacker - Firefox and the art of keyword bookmarking
A useful Firefox extension for keyword bookmarking is mentioned in the Lifehacker article. You can find the extension here.
[tags]Firefox, bookmarking[/tags]