{"id":11603,"date":"2010-05-28T11:39:09","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T10:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/create-an-alias-for-your-bookmarks-in-firefox\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:13:30","slug":"create-an-alias-for-your-bookmarks-in-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/create-an-alias-for-your-bookmarks-in-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Create an alias for your bookmarks in Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you visit the same websites regularly, it&#8217;s a good idea to bookmark them so that you don&#8217;t have to enter their address in the browser every single time. You can then add these links to the bookmark bar, and open those websites with just one mouse click.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/book01.jpg\" alt=\"Firefox bookmarks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s a trick to open websites up in your browser that&#8217;s even faster and easier than clicking an icon on a toolbar: adding a keyword &#8211; that is, an alias &#8211; to each web page you bookmark in <a href=\"http:\/\/firefox-3.en.softonic.com\/\"><strong>Firefox<\/strong><\/a>. Simply open the Bookmark Manager in Firefox (<strong>Bookmarks &gt; Organize Bookmarks<\/strong>) and search for the website you want to create an alias for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/book02.jpg\" alt=\"Firefox bookmarks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Highlight the selected bookmark with the mouse and click the black arrow button besides &#8220;<strong>More<\/strong>&#8221; at the bottom of the window. This will display more text fields, including one that reads &#8220;<strong>Keyword<\/strong>&#8220;. Enter the alias for the website here &#8211; you can use a word or just a single letter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2010\/05\/book03.jpg\" alt=\"Firefox bookmarks\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Close the Bookmark Manager and you&#8217;re done! Now every time you enter that letter or word into the address field in Firefox, you&#8217;ll be immediately taken to the associated website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you visit the same websites regularly, it&#8217;s a good idea to bookmark them so that you don&#8217;t have to enter their address in the browser every single time. You can then add these links to the bookmark bar, and open those websites with just one mouse click. 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