Raycast Quicklinks - Power Searching from the Keyboard

There are various Internet search tools available for Macs, but if you are a Raycast user, you can search just about any website without having to install an extension if you take the time to set up Quicklinks. Raycast is a Mac automation tool that extends the power of Spotlight and can replace other utilities, like clipboard managers, emoji pickers and window managers. (See use cases) Raycast offers a few preconfigured site searches in its own library, but you can add your own by adapting the search URL and using a dynamic placeholder.

To configure Quicklinks, open Raycast with your usual shortcut and then press ⌘+, to bring up the Raycast preferences window. Click Extensions > Quicklinks, and you'll be presented with the interface you need. There is also a Raycast command Create Quicklink. You can get detailed instructions here.

Here are the Quicklinks I use

Google w/out AI - https://www.google.com/search?q={Query}&udm=14
All Music - http://www.allmusic.com/search/all/*{Query}
Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/s?k={SEARCH}&sprefix=
Bluesky - https://bsky.app/search?q={Query}
DDG - https://duckduckgo.com/?q={Query}
Gmail - https://mail.google.com/mail/\#search/{query}
Macupdater - https://macupdater.net/app_updates/search.html?q={Query}
HBO/Max - https://play.max.com/search/result?q=l{Query}
Reddit - reddit.com/search?q={Query}
Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/*/{query}
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search={argument name="Article"}
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query={Query}