{"id":62964,"date":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2018\/10\/23\/save-a-search-step\/"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:15:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T16:15:26","slug":"save-a-search-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/save-a-search-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Save a step when you\u2019re searching with Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We live in an amazing time. When all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips. Where having an edge doesn\u2019t come from being able to remember information, but instead from how quickly you can get to it. It\u2019s part of why Google.com is one of the highest trafficked webpages in existence.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-374\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2017\/10\/FX57_BLOG_US_BROWSER_1380x750_Revised.jpg\" alt=\"What is a browser?\" width=\"1380\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quick and savvy web users know that you don\u2019t have to take that extra time of jumping to Google to find what you\u2019re looking for. In fact there are multiple ways you can get to search from within Firefox.<\/p>\n<p>For starters, there\u2019s the URL bar. It\u2019s that part of your browser where you see the address of the site you\u2019re on (for example, URL of this blog is <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\">https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox<\/a>). The URL bar does a whole lot more than just tell you information about the page you\u2019re on. You can also use it to search! Just delete the text that\u2019s there, put in your search information, press enter and you\u2019ll get your Google search results. If you\u2019ve <a href=\"https:\/\/support.mozilla.org\/en-US\/kb\/change-your-default-search-settings-firefox\">changed your default search engine<\/a> to another search provider, you\u2019ll get the results from your chosen default search engine.<\/p>\n<p>You can also get directly to search in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/firefox\/open-your-own-front-page-using-firefox-new-tab\/\">Firefox new tab page<\/a>. The new tab page is full of delights and it has a couple of easy ways for you to find what you\u2019re looking for. Right at the top of the page is your very own search bar. Firefox comes with Google as default, but you can change that if another search engine helps you. You do you.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1043\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-03-at-9.11.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"168\" \/>You can also select a different search engine while you\u2019re searching without changing your default. Just start typing your query and then click on a search icon below:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1045\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-03-at-9.13.51-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1486\" height=\"392\" \/><br \/>\nThe search options don\u2019t stop there. You can also use the Top Sites section to get to search. Click on the Google or Amazon icons in your Top Sites section and Firefox creates a shortcut to your URL bar with the search engine already selected for you. You simply type in what you\u2019re searching for and press enter. <i>Et viol\u00e0!<\/i> Results. Hold onto this trick next time you need to do some shopping, fast. These search options come pinned in your Top Sites, but if at any time you want to dismiss them, click on the dots icon and select \u201cunpin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1047\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-03-at-9.25.11-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"544\" height=\"334\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to mix up your options in your top sites Firefox lets you pin search for Google, Bing, Amazon, DuckDuckGo, eBay, Twitter and Wikipedia. \u00a0Just click on the three dots on the right side of your Top Sites section and select \u201cAdd search engine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1049\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/278\/files\/2018\/10\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-10-at-1.04.05-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now you&#8217;re ready to get all the answers and get to them even faster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We live in an amazing time. When all the knowledge in the world is at our fingertips. Where having an edge doesn\u2019t come from being able to remember information, but instead from how quickly you can get to it. It\u2019s part of why Google.com is one of the highest trafficked webpages in existence. Quick and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":50374,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"coauthors":[311509],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Save a step when you\u2019re searching with Firefox<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Quick and savvy web users know that you don\u2019t have to take extra time to jum to Google to find what you\u2019re looking for. 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