Search Links

SearchLinks are a simple shorthand way to link to pages on search engine web sites that have URLs of the form:
http://www.google.com/search?q=haggis (in a new window)

This SearchLink goes to the same place: [ haggis ]

You can use the following formats to create SearchLinks.

Example search links

[ The Lord of the Rings ]
search Amazon by title or author
[ 0596001320 ]
search Amazon by ISBN
[ ??Bible:John 3:16-18 ]
show John 3:16 (NIV)
[ ??Bible Search: bread ]
search for 'bread' (NIV)
[ pentagon ]
definition of 'pentagon'
[ haggis ]
search Google for haggis
[ Spider-Man ]
search Internet Movie Database for 'Spider-Man'

Current Search Links

Use these to create shorthand links to search engine, eg: [Calvin] would search Google for 'Calvin'.

Amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=books-uk&field-keywords= (in a new window)
Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&passage= (in a new window)
BibleRef
http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&passage=%@ (in a new window)
BibleSearch
http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&search= (in a new window)
GoogleGroups
http://groups.google.com/groups?q= (in a new window)
Google
http://www.google.com/search?q= (in a new window)
Greek
http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/NewTestamentGreek/grk.cgi?search= (in a new window)
Hebrew
http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/OldTestamentHebrew/heb.cgi?search= (in a new window)
IMDB
http://us.imdb.com/Title (in a new window)?
ISBN
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ISBN= (in a new window)
StrongsOT
http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number= (in a new window)
StrongsNT
http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number= (in a new window)

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