Here is what Wikipedia Says About Bookmarklerts
A bookmarklet is an applet, a small computer application, stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. The term is a portmanteau of the terms bookmark and applet. Whether bookmarklet utilities are stored as bookmarks or hyperlinks, they are designed to add one-click functionality to a browser or web page. When clicked, a bookmarklet performs some function, one of a wide variety such as a search query or data extraction. Usually the applet is a JavaScript program.A bookmarklet, can be a useful and a good alternative when you do not have a suitable addon and bookmarklets are easier to organize-they are just bookmark, but it's loads up with some javascript function.
Here is some bookmarklets that can help while you search:
Switch Between Search Engine Faster-This bookmarklet is useful when you can't find anything in Google, you can easily use these bookmarklets (by pressing them of course!) to switch to Yahoo! or Exalead. (All opens in same tab)
- Switch To Google-Use Google Search
- Switch To Yahoo-Search At Yahoo!
- Switch to Exalead-Try Exalead Instead
Search Reference And Dictionaries Sources-Select A Term On A Page and Search It's Meaning And Definition.
- Wikipedia - find a wiki article for the highlighted term;
- Acronym finder - learn what a highlighted acronym stands for;
- Urban Dictionary - find a slang variation of the highlighted word;
- Google definition: highlight a term on page and get the definition from Google
- Gf=0: change number of search results to 100;
- filter=0: removes Google result clustering;
- Search within this domain - for sites that lack the search option of their own (based on Google site: advanced search operator) select a term and it will search for it in Google within current domain only.
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