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Is there a way to add Duck Duck Go to the firefox search bar? I really like using keywords to launch searches (since I use VIMperator) but I can't seem to add arbitrary keywords to my knowledge.

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To add it to the search bar, go to http://duckduckgo.com/ or https://duckduckgo.com/ (depending on if you want SSL or not), and click 'Add to Firefox' at the bottom.

To add it to the address bar, type about:config into the address bar, search for keyword.url and then change it to http://duckduckgo.com/?q= (or https://duckduckgo.com/?q= for SSL).

This will just replace one of the current searches whereas I want to add one. But I figured it out - in the searchplugins directory in the firefox install are a bunch of xml files. I added a new one with the relevant info and now "duck" is the keyword that maps to a duck duck go search.

For the information of anyone else looking to do this, you can do it in the GUI:

Add it to the search bar

In the search bar dropdown, click "Manage search engines"

Select DDG and set a keyword. I use "d".

Then, search using e.g. "d Hacker News"

People using vimperator can access the dialog with

  :dialog searchangines

"To add it to the address bar, type about:config into the address bar, search for keyword.url"

Actually, it's much simpler than that: just right click on the search field and choose "Add a Keyword for this Search…".

You can also use the search plugin at http://nfriedly.com/stuff/duckduckgoogle/ if you want search suggestions. Note, however, that this kills some of the privacy as it sends your searches to both Google and Duck Duck Go.

Try the Add to Search Bar extension: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3682/

I also use Vimperator, and have a DDG keyword search.

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