Improve results from your internet searches

Find what you’re looking for quickly and easily from a single web browser window

For most of us, search engines are the main entrance to the internet. Type in a search term or question, press Enter and hunt through the links to find what you’re looking for. It works­, but there’s often a more effective way.

Google, MSN and Yahoo are the most famous search engines and, while they are thorough, they take a rather scattergun approach.

If you want find something fast, consider using a search engine that specialises in a particular area of interest.
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For example, you might want to search Ebay for cheap ink cartridges or Wikipedia to check the names of America’s states. Or, how about searching Amazon to order the latest chart-topper?

In this feature, we’ll show you how to do just that, and from a single web browser page instead of opening lots of different search engines at once.

Both Internet Explorer (IE) and Firefox allow direct access to specific search engines within the browser window. Each browser comes with a few search engines but you can easily add more and decide which one you want as the default.

So let’s take a look at the search bars built into IE and Firefox. In both browsers this bar can be found at the top-right of the window. IE calls it the ‘instant search box’ while Firefox calls it the ‘integrated search bar’. For the purpose of this article we will refer to both as the search bar.

Each browser is set up with a default search engine to use when terms are typed into this box. MSN Live Search is set up for IE, while Firefox users get Google.

Type a word or phrase into the bar, click the magnifying glass symbol and these search engines will display the results in the main browser window.

Look closer and you’ll notice that each bar has a button with a down-facing arrow next to it (in IE it’s to the right of the bar, in Firefox it’s to the left). Click this button to open the search bar’s options, including a short list of alternative search engines. Click one of these followed by the magnifying glass symbol to find results for your search term from the new engine ­ it’s that simple. As we said, the list of alternatives is quite short but it’s easy to add more.

Managing search engines in Internet Explorer 8
If you are using the latest version of IE, search engines can be amended using the new Manage Add-ons window, accessible by choosing Manage Search Providers from the integrated search bar dropdown.

Select Search Providers in the left-hand pane of the Manage Add-ons window to view the currently installed search engines. Re-order them by highlighting a search engine and clicking the Move up or Move down link below.

Alternatively, right-click a search engine and choose Move Up or Move Down from the resultant menu.
You can set an engine as default or remove it from the list by clicking the relevant buttons below.

View extra information about search engines by right-clicking in the white space below the search engine list and choose Columns and then select an extra field (eg Search Address). This same right-click menu also allows you to re-order the engines, just choose Sort By rather than Columns and choose the preferred option.

Add new search engines in Internet Explorer
These instructions are for Internet Explorer, IE7. From the IE bar’s options menu choose ‘Find More Providers…’. A new window appears that displays a list of popular alternative search engines. To add one, click the link on the page and the Add search provider dialogue box will appear.

Before pressing the Add provider button you can also tick the box to ‘make this my default search provider’ if you wish, and then by default, all subsequent searches will use this search engine. Once you click the Add Provider button it will be added to your search engine list.

You don’t have to use the recommended search engines. To create your own, use the dropdown arrow from the integrated search bar and choose ‘Find More Providers…’ and then look at the yellow section on the right of the page.

To create a custom search provider, open a new tab in Explorer, browse to the site in question and type TEST into the site’s search tool and press Enter. Paste the web address that appears in the browser address bar into the first box in the yellow section of the page. Name the new search engine in the box below and click Install. The new search engine will now appear in the dropdown list.

To change the default search engine in Internet Explorer, click the search bar dropdown arrow and choose Change Search Defaults. Now highlight the engine you want as the default and click Set Default button and then click OK.

If you want to remove a search engine, highlight it and click Remove. To speed up searching with Internet Explorer you can jump into the integrated search bar while browsing by pressing Ctrl and E. You can then choose which search engine to use by pressing Ctrl and Up or Ctrl and Down.

Managing search engines in Firefox
You can manage search engines in Firefox by clicking the arrow in the integrated search bar and choosing ‘Manage Search Engines…’. You can change the order of the choices by simply dragging and dropping them in the list.

If you want to restore the original order of search engines in the list, click the Restore Defaults button. To delete a search engine, highlight it and click Remove.

Adding search engines in Firefox
You can find additional search engines by clicking ‘get more search engines’ link from the bottom of the Manage Search Engines box. This links to the Mozilla website where you can search for a relevant search engine.

However, here’s a quicker way ­ – first visit the Add to Search Bar add-on page. This is a Firefox plug-in called ‘Add to Search Bar’. Click the Add to Firefox button and then Install Now. You’ll have to restart Firefox when it has installed.

Now, whenever you see a search engine you want in your integrated search bar, right-click in it and choose Add to Search Bar from the menu.

In Firefox, you can jump to the integrated search bar by pressing Ctrl and K. Then use the dropdown arrow to select a different search engine from the list. This will now remain the default search engine unless you change it again.

Commissioner hosts "Navigating the Medicare Maze" November 5

As a former health insurance professional and now as Oklahoma’s Commissioner of Insurance, I have spent my entire adult life reading dense, complex insurance policies and headache-inducing statutes. Nothing frustrates me more than attempting to wade my way through the legalese and tangle of bureaucratic rules that accompany almost all state and federal programs ─ particularly the ones that are intended to help our senior citizens.

If seasoned insurance agents need a bottle of Tylenol on their desk as they attempt to understand the basics of Medicare and new rules and regulations, is it any wonder so many seniors say the thought of enrolling in Medicare and choosing the right plan is overwhelming?

Fortunately, our latest Continuing Education event ─“Navigating the Medicare Maze” ─ is aimed at helping seniors by helping insurance agents, nurses, nursing home administrators and caregivers understand Medicare.

Join the Oklahoma Insurance Department on November 5 as national experts unpack the basics of Medicare, how Medicare plans can be marketed, the latest on Medicare’s Prescription Drug Coverage and the difference between Medicare Advantage and Medicare Gap plans ─ all in time for “Open Enrollment,” Medicare’s Annual Coordinated Election Period (AEP), which runs from November 15 through December 31 each year.

Producers can earn six hours of CE, including one hour of legislative update for the day. Those licensed to sell Medicare will satisfy the Medicare renewal requirement. Five hours of continuing education credits are available to licensed Long-Term Care administrators. Five hours of continuing education credits are also available to licensed social workers.

The cost to attend for the day is $40. Members of the general public not seeking continuing education credit may attend for free. Free admission is limited to the first
100 registrants not seeking CE. The day-long event begins at 8:45 a.m. and lasts until
4:15 p.m. on November 5 at the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.

Commissioners OK $13.9M bid

Potter County commissioners voted this morning to name Journeyman Construction of Austin to be the general contractor overseeing restoration of the Potter County Courthouse.

The company’s bid of $13.9 million with a completion time of 660 days was the second lowest bid. Stoddard Construction bid $13.4 million with a completion time of 590 days, but ARCHITEXAS, the county’s consultant on the project, expressed concerns that overhead and profit charges on any additional work could be excessive, and the company received some negative responses from references. ARCHITEXAS also said in a letter to commissioners that Stoddard did not complete work on time on 30 percent of projects reviewed.

The advisory committee for the project will now negotiate a final contract for commissioners to approve.

Journeyman President Sam Kumar said 80 percent of subcontractors will be from the Amarillo area.

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