Custom Search Engine Hacks
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Another way to think of a custom search engine: it is a URL with a "slot" in it that is filled in with the text you enter in your URL bar.
Often the text you enter would be a search phrase, and the URL would go to a search results page - but that doesn't have to be the case.
Here are some ideas to get you started!
| Simple Keyword Shortcuts - Bookmark Alternative | |
|---|---|
| Keyword | URL |
| cal | https://calendar.google.com/calendar/r/month |
| drafts | https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#search/in:draft |
| Searches With a Bit Extra | |
|---|---|
| Keyword | URL |
| fromhome | https://www.google.com/maps/dir/home/%s |
| events | https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/search?q=%s |
| Information Lookup | |
|---|---|
| Keyword | URL |
| wttr | https://wttr.in/%s |
| ip | https://ip-api.com/#%s |
| caniuse | https://ip-api.com/# |
| App Actions | |
|---|---|
| Keyword | URL |
| timer | https://e.ggtimer.com/%s?theme=gg_timer_digital&hideToolbar=true&hideNudge=true |
| gmc | https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&to=%s |
| event | https://calendar.google.com/calendar/render?action=TEMPLATE&text=%s |
| event | https://docs.google.com/document/create?title=%s |
Further Inspiration
Check out the Quixer app and its pre-configured services for more ideas
DuckDuckGo Bangs provide another excellent selection of ideas which you can use via their service or copy to your own custom search engine collection or Quixer config.
You can also chain DuckDuckGo into Quixer if you choose to use it - for example "ddg !bpa pikachu"