Change Address Bar Search Provider in Firefox

There are couple of thing you should know about address bar in Firefox. Not necessarily important but yes interesting.

When you type any thing in Firefox address bar it looks for url , if it is not an url then it sends this keywords to Google (By default). The is Google's “I’m Feeling Lucky” option. This “I’m Feeling Lucky” option will load the #1 rank website of the keyword(s) search result, instead of listing matching websites. In simple English if you search same keyword in www.google.com it will give you all search instead of top rank website.

Now there are two things which comes in mind.
How to get rid of   "I m Felling Lucky" Option?
How to change the search engine itself?

Let's look at the first one.
Step 1: Start Firefox
Step 2: Type about:config in address bar (Same place where you type URL)
Step 3: It may give you warning , select "I will be careful, i promise"
Step 4: Search for Keyword.URL and double click on it.
Step 5: Paste below in "Enter String Value"
            http://www.google.com.my/search?q=
Step 6: Select Ok and Your are done.

Now searching from  Firefox address bar will not use "I am feeling lucky option".


Now, how to change the search engine itself. Not every body want to search every thing on google. I uses Bing some times.

Step 1: Start Firefox
Step 2: Type about:config in address bar (Same place where you type URL)
Step 3: It may give you warning , select "I will be careful, i promise"
Step 4: Search for Keyword.URL and double click on it.
Step 5: Past below in "Enter String Value" as
           Bing :
           http://www.bing.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

          Yahoo: http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=

          Ask: http://www.ask.com/web?q=

 
 Hope this is helpful.