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Just thought I'd share this as personally when I search using the searchb ox in IE7 I want to search UK sites without having to click, search UK.
You have to make the changes in the registry but its just a simple cut and paste.
All you have to do is drill down to:
\\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
Click on the relevant folder in SearchScopes and modify the URL to:
for google uk
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=co.uk.microsoft:en-UK&q={searchTerms}&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB
for ask uk
http://web.ask.co.uk/web?q={searchTerms}&o=10365&dm=ctry
for lycos uk
http://search.lycos.co.uk/cgi-bin/pursuit?SITE=uk&enc=utf-8&query={searchTerms}&cat=loc&x=23&y=2
for yahoo uk
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p={searchTerms}&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7&x=wrt&meta=vc%3DcountryUK
for live uk
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&mkt=en-GB&form=QBRE&rf=1&go.x=13&go.y=6{referrer:source?}
the changes wont take effect until you restart IE7, then next time you search using any of the search engines above from the search box in IE7 it'll search the UK site by default.
You have to make the changes in the registry but its just a simple cut and paste.
All you have to do is drill down to:
\\HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes
Click on the relevant folder in SearchScopes and modify the URL to:
for google uk
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=co.uk.microsoft:en-UK&q={searchTerms}&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB
for ask uk
http://web.ask.co.uk/web?q={searchTerms}&o=10365&dm=ctry
for lycos uk
http://search.lycos.co.uk/cgi-bin/pursuit?SITE=uk&enc=utf-8&query={searchTerms}&cat=loc&x=23&y=2
for yahoo uk
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p={searchTerms}&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7&x=wrt&meta=vc%3DcountryUK
for live uk
http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q={searchTerms}&mkt=en-GB&form=QBRE&rf=1&go.x=13&go.y=6{referrer:source?}
the changes wont take effect until you restart IE7, then next time you search using any of the search engines above from the search box in IE7 it'll search the UK site by default.