Rollyo has just released a tool that enables Mozilla Firefox users to create toolbar search engines, of up to 25 sites, very quickly. These search tools will install in the upper right hand corner of your browser along with the Google, Yahoo, etc. search engines. It is a very simple process to create one yourself or use one someone else has created.

Using a Rollyo Firefox search engine is easy. Look for the link on each search page that says “Click here to add the ___________ to your Firefox Search!”. Click on this link and then click on OK when Firefox asks if it can install the search engine. To use the search engine, just click on the little drop down error in the search box and choose the Rollyo search and away you go.

Here are my Rollyo searches. Anyone of these can be turned into a Firefox search engine.
Palm
Palm Software
Firefox

And others of note.
Palm Addict by Sam Mcloughlin
Firefox Development by Chris Pederick
Palm by 1src.com

Note: If you install a search engine which you do not want to continue using, it is easy to uninstall the search engine by using the Firefox SearchPluginHacks extension from IosArt. The SearchPluginHacks extension adds a entry to right-click menu in the search plugins drop-down list, which allows quickly deleting unwanted search engines.

Update: Rollyo has also developed a tool to allow a user to create and add a search engine to Firefox without having to register with Rollyo.

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