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All available shortcuts, and using them anywhere

Whatever you type after the shortcut is passed straight through as the query, spaces and all.

How this gets parsed

The first word is checked against the list above. If it matches, the rest of what you typed becomes the query for that engine. If it doesn't match, the whole thing you typed is searched on the default engine instead. That means itad diablo 2 goes to isthereanydeal, and diablo 2 with no recognized first word just goes to google.

Typing it directly

To search isthereanydeal.com for diablo 2, you can enter this into your address bar:

How to make a custom search engine in your browser

This only needs to be done once. Every engine listed above goes through the same URL, so one browser search engine entry covers all of them.

Give it a keyword you'll remember, like s (or set it as your default, and just type). Then in the address bar you can type s itad diablo 2 and press enter.

Microsoft Edge

Microsoft Edge blocks links to its settings pages. Paste the following URL into your address bar to continue.
edge://settings/privacy/services/search/searchEngines

  1. Click Search engines
  2. Click Add search engine
  3. Put a memorable name in Search engine
  4. Put a memorable shortcut in Shortcut
  5. Input https://search.milesbefore.net/?q=%s in URL
  6. If you want to use it as your default search, click the ... menu on the right of the entry and choose Make default

Google Chrome

Google Chrome blocks links to its settings pages. Paste the following URL into your address bar to continue.
chrome://settings/searchEngines

  1. Under the Site search heading, click Add
  2. Put a memorable name in Name
  3. Put a memorable shortcut in Shortcut
  4. Input https://search.milesbefore.net/?q=%s in URL
  5. If you want to use it as your default search, click the ... menu on the right of the entry and choose Make default

Vivaldi

vivaldi:settings/search/

  1. In the Search Engine Editor heading, click the + at the bottom of the list
  2. Put a memorable name in Name
  3. Put a memorable shortcut in Nickname
  4. Input https://search.milesbefore.net/?q=%s in URL
  5. If you want to use it as your default search, click Set as Default Search on the right of the entry

Mozilla Firefox

Mozilla Firefox blocks links to its settings pages. Paste the following URL into your address bar to continue.
about:preferences#search

  1. In the Additional search engines heading, click the Add search engine button
  2. Put a memorable name in Search engine name
  3. Input https://search.milesbefore.net/?q=%s in URL
  4. If you want to, put a memorable shortcut in Keyword
  5. If you want to use it as your default search, choose the engine you just created in the dropdown list within Default search engine

Opera

Opera blocks links to its settings pages. Paste the following URL into your address bar to continue.
opera://settings/searchEngines

  1. Under the Site search heading, click Add
  2. Put a memorable name in Name
  3. Put a memorable shortcut in Shortcut
  4. Input https://search.milesbefore.net/?q=%s in URL
  5. If you want to use it as your default search, click the ... menu on the right of the entry and choose Make default

Safari

Safari does not natively support custom search engines.



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