How to Link to Search Queries for Google, Yahoo Shopping, and a Few More

In updating Grocist today I needed to know how to link to key shopping sites to search for each item on my grocery list.

Apparently none of these websites has ever thought that anyone would want to link to them :-) so they didn’t offer any help anywhere.

Here are the URL syntaxes I’m using to link to these sites which I discovered by trial and error. I don’t claim they’re correct or that they won’t change but they work for right now:

Google:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Your%Search%Term

Shopping.com:

http://www.shopping.com/xFS?KW=Your%Search%Term

Yahoo Shopping:

http://shopping.yahoo.com/search?p=Your%Search%Term

Froogle:

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Your%Search%Term

Amazon:
(Still can’t figure this one out, any advice is appriciated)

And finally here are those links in action. Try them out!
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Item Shop Size Notes Manufactuer Date Added Need
Vivarin Caffeine Alertness Aids (Y|S|F|G) (Gupc|Yupc) 24 Caplets 200mg each None 2006-05-27 15:06:24 1
Celestial Seasonings 5 Herb Teas – Fruit Sampler (Y|S|F|G) (Gupc|Yupc) 20 Bags 1.4 oz Celestial Seasonings Inc 2006-05-05 21:54:14 1

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Here are my search terms:

  1. how to link to amazon search
  2. url syntax search amazon
  3. froogle api

[tags]Shopping, UPC, API, Search, URL, URL Search, URL Syntax, Grocist[/tags]

Posted by Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) on May 27th, 2006 and is filed under Web Services.

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