Firefox Smart Keyword are keywords attached to bookmarks which you can then use to activate them. So for example instead of typing www.google.com in the address bar you could just type “g”. And you can go a step further you can add a variable to the url which can be handy for searches. So using the www.google.com example if you wanted to do a search the url would look something like this: www.google.com/search?q=search+term. To use the variable feature you would edit the bookmark and change the url to this: www.google.com/search?q=%s. Then (assuming your keyword is ‘g’) you could just type “g {search term}” into your address bar and it would execute the search.

There are a lot of applications for this and with the ever increasing amount of javascript bookmarklets the fun has just begun. Here are my top 10 smart keyword, obviously some of these would require you to sign up for the service being discussed. The bookmarklets are being display as links due to display issues, to snag them just right click and copy the link location or bookmark it.

1. Lorem Ipsum
url: http://www.lipsum.com/feed/html
keyword: lorem
Takes you to 5 paragraphs of dummy text, done.

2. Del.icio.us
url: http://del.icio.us/{username}/%s
keyword: dl {search term}
Allows you to search your delicious bookmarks.

3. Wikipedia.org
url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go
keyword: wp {search term}
Searching of wikipedia.org.

4. Amazon.com
url: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%s&x=0&y=0
keyword: ama {search term}
Search amazon.com.

5. Twitter
url: http://twitter.com/%s
keyword: tw {username or blank for your home}
Look up a twitter users’ profile or leave blank to access your twitter home page.

6. PeqURL
url: PeqURL bookmarklet
keyword: purl
Shorten the url that you’re currently viewing, complete with a super slick thickbox-esque window.

7. Laterloop.com (save for later)
url: LaterLoop bookmarklet
keyword: later
Save the current page you’re on for later reading.

8. Add to Mixx.com
url: Mixx bookmarklet
keyword: mixx
Add the page you’re currently on to Mixx.com.

9. coComment tracking
url: coComment Bookmarklet
keyword: comment
After you’ve written your comment but before you submit it, trigger this keyword to track it on coComment.

10. Localhost
url: http://localhost:8888/%s
keyword: lh {site directory name}
I keep all my projects I’m working in my local htdocs folder, this allows me to access them quickly rather than typing out the entire url. Works well if you develop locally.

Leave a comment with the ones you use the most!