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#17
Since folks seem inclined to share search engine info, here's mine, adapted from the ones that I use with Opera on the desktop, plus one or two extras (I have a shortcut to the HTML file I use as a least-common-denominator bookmarks repository, for example).

Note that I vastly prefer single-character searches when possible, unless I'm experimenting with something new (such as the airport flight info search towards the bottom, which was added literally last night...). Also, there's probably a nicer, more polite way to do the eBay search, but I haven't experimented.

PHP Code:
// Google
urls['g']='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnG=Google+Search';
// eBay
urls['e']='http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&krd=1&from=R8&MfcISAPICommand=GetResult&ht=1&SortProperty=MetaEndSort&query=%s';
// Internet Archive Wayback Machine (so you can prefix any given broken link with a "w " in the address bar...)
urls['w']='http://web.archive.org/archive_request_ng?collection=web&url=%s&Submit=Take+Me+Back';
// W3C Website Validator (same principle as the Wayback Machine)
urls['v']='http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=%s';
// Froogle
urls['f']='http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=%s&sourceid=opera&num=%i&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8';
// English Wikipedia
urls['p']='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s&go=Go';
// Internet Movie Database
urls['m']='http://www.imdb.com/find?s=all&q=%s';
// Google Image
urls['i']='http://images.google.com/images?q=%s&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images';
// GameFAQs.com
urls['q']='http://www.gamefaqs.com/search/index.html?game=%s&searchplatform=All+Platforms';
// Google "I'm Feeling Lucky"
urls['l']='http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%s&btnI=Feeling+Lucky';
// hockeysfuture.com search
urls['hf']='http://hockeysfuture.craveonline.com/search.php?q=%s&imagefield.x=0&imagefield.y=0';
// Internet Hockey Database
urls['h']='http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/findplayer.php?full_name=%s';
// Port Columbus International Airport Flight Number search (sometimes buggy - their website needs work)
urls['pcia']='http://www.port-columbus.com/flight/flight/search2.asp?filterby=number&info=%s&adi=A';
// shortcut to my personal bookmarks file - yes, the redirect works just fine without search parameters ;)
urls['hh']='file:///home/user/MyDocs/.bookmarks/index.html'
(Note: Despite the label at the top, this isn't actually PHP code; it's still JavaScript - but the PHP code bbcode tag makes it look a lot nicer.)