Wikipedia (en) for searching the English Wikipedia free online encyclopedia.Twitter for searching people on Twitter.eBay for looking up items for sale or auction at eBay.Google for searching the Web via Google (Note: The default Google search is encrypted to prevent eavesdropping.).You’ll notice we’ve included several search engines for you to choose from: The results will now show from your selected search engine. Now, just enter your query and hit return.

Select your preferred search engine from the menu to change the preference (the icon will also change). You’ll notice a little downward pointing arrow next to the icon - clicking that arrow opens a menu. Firefox will display the search results from that site.īut what if the icon says “Google” and you want to use “Yahoo!” Not a problem.

If that’s the search engine you want to use, just type your query into the text field and hit return. There’s an icon in the left corner of the search bar that tells you which site you’ll be using (the “active” search engine). Let’s take a look at the Firefox Search Bar (it’s the text field at the top right corner of your browser).įrom there, you can use any major search engine to search without ever having to enter its Web address. However you search, Firefox wants to make it easy and customizable. It could be that you want to search for a news tidbits on Twitter. Perhaps you just want to search Amazon or eBay for that new must-have item. How do you search? Is Google your main tool? Or maybe you prefer Bing.

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