I think it's possible to do, but you need to differentiate yourself from browser keyword search and DuckDuckGo-like !bang searching more in order to get me to u

I think it's possible to do, but you need to differentiate yourself from browser keyword search and DuckDuckGo-like !bang searching more in order to get me to use it. In Firefox (and I'm assuming other modern browsers) I can right-click on a search field to make it a keyword, and then do essentially (as far as I can tell, at least) the same thing as you're doing. DuckDuckGo makes this easier for me because I can just use its !bang search syntax (http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html http://duckduckgo.com/bang.html) to do the same thing. I now much prefer using DDG's method over manual keyword searches since I don't have to set them up and they work on all of the computers I use. I understand that you having the keywords all set up already is a convenience, but (at least for someone who already uses things that do this) I think that the added value is not immediately obvious.