I searched for know quick search strings so I would not need to re-invent wheel. could not find any.

here are a few I ginned up:

amazon
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/external-search?mode=blended&keyword=@key

yahoo
http://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu_XGwalIn2YADjdXNyoA?p=@key&y=Search&fr=yfp-t-501&ei=UTF-8

google w/ date limit and 30 results per page
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&as_q=@key&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=30&lr=&as_filetype=&ft=i&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=m&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images

dictionary
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=@key

wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=@key&go=Go

care to share yours?

I cant figure out how to do one for allmusic. any ideas?

Thank you