40 productivity-boosting search bookmarklets

News
By Mike Williams
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Instantly add powerful new search features to your browser

News searching bookmarklets

Keep yourself up-to-date with our news bookmarklets. They work much like all the others: create a new bookmark, add an appropriate description, replace its URL with the JavaScript code and you're ready to go.

Search BBC

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://search.bbc.co.uk/search?q=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+")+'&tab=ns&scope=all'; void 0

Search CNN

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://search.cnn.com/search.jsp?query=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+")+'&type=news&sortBy=date'; void 0

Search ITN

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://itn.co.uk/search?q=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Search Sky

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://news.sky.com/skynews/Sky-Search?searchTextBox=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+")+'&searchType=news'; void 0

Search Yahoo

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://news.search.yahoo.com/news/search?p=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

News search

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Reference source searching bookmarklets

The web is full of information-packed sites, and with our bookmarklets they're easier to access than ever. If you're reading an article about a film director, say, and want to find out more, then highlight his name with the mouse and click the IMDB bookmarklet for a complete career low-down.

Search Wikipedia

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+")+'&go=Go'; void 0

Search howstuffworks

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://www.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Search Yahoo Answers

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result?p=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Search eHow

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://www.ehow.com/Search.aspx?s=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Search IMDB

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Search Wolfram Alpha

javascript:q = "" + (window.getSelection ? window.getSelection() : document.getSelection ? document.getSelection() : document.selection.createRange().text); if (!q) q = prompt("Enter your search here", ""); if (q!=null) location="http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=" + escape(q).replace(/ /g, "+"); void 0

Mike Williams
Mike Williams
Lead security reviewer

Mike is a lead security reviewer at Future, where he stress-tests VPNs, antivirus and more to find out which services are sure to keep you safe, and which are best avoided. Mike began his career as a lead software developer in the engineering world, where his creations were used by big-name companies from Rolls Royce to British Nuclear Fuels and British Aerospace. The early PC viruses caught Mike's attention, and he developed an interest in analyzing malware, and learning the low-level technical details of how Windows and network security work under the hood.