Address bar to go direct to website

Is there a way to type in a one word (like a google search) in the address bar and have that website pull up, like in IE or Mozilla? Whenever I do that, it says Safara cannot find the page. If I do that in other browsers, it pulls up the webpage of the most likely thing. Like if I type just Amazon or the one word that I know applies to a website. I'd rather not go thru google. I know there's a way to program the address bar to do that in other browsers, not sure if Safari has that programming option.
Thank you.

bnewcol,
Safari doesn't do what you need natively, but there are a couple of add-ons that extend it to manage URL shortcuts:
Sogudi (freeware)
Saft
Hope this helps!

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