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How do I add a Google Images search to my site?

You seem to be the wizard of unwrapping searches on sites and showing how to add them on our own Web sites, which is awesome. I saw - and really liked - your article on how to add a Google search box to my site but instead of searching Google, I want to search Google Images. Doable?...

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How do I create a custom bookmark that grabs the current URL?

I've seen a number of different sites where you can drag a link onto your bookmark bar in a browser and then have that bookmark act as a tiny little program that grabs and sends specific information. I want one like that for a bookmark program of my own, where I have a CGI backend and want to be able to visit a page, click on my link, and have the URL of that page...

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How can I create predefined Amazon search links?

I read your note about how to add an Amazon.com search box to your site and it's very cool, but what I want to know is: What if I want the search to only search a certain keyword, Example "Honda Parts"?...

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