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

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=

Bible

http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&passage=

BibleRef

http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&passage=%@

BibleSearch

http://www.biblegateway.com/cgi-bin/bible?version=NIV&search=

GoogleGroups

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=

Google

http://www.google.com/search?q=

Greek

http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/NewTestamentGreek/grk.cgi?search=

Hebrew

http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/OldTestamentHebrew/heb.cgi?search=

IMDB

http://us.imdb.com/Title ?

ISBN

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ISBN=

StrongsOT

http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=

StrongsNT

http://www.biblestudytools.net/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=

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