Search Directgov via IE8 and actually IE7 and Firefox

If you download Internet Explorer v8 you can use the new ‘accelerator’ feature to select some text on any web page, then right-click to access a ’search Directgov’ link which fires that word directly into the Directgov search engine as a search query. (other search engine options available).

And Simon Dickson has thoughtfully added a search plugin for Directgov, which will allow you to search Directgov directly from the browser interface.

“Visit this page on the MozDev website to find Puffbox’s brand new Directgov search plugin. Click on the word Directgov, and it’ll ask you if you want to install – say yes. If you then consult the list of search engines available from your browser’s built-in search box, you should now see a Directgov option. Enter a word, and it’ll take you straight to a search query Directgov results for that word.”