How do I allow firefox 4 to go onto a page based on keywords in address bar

Firefox 3.6 allowed me to use the address bar as a more clever way of browsing. I am not sure why this feature was removed but it used google to figure out from my keywords what website I meant.
e.g gamespot uk would bring up google.co.uk
speedtest bbmax would bring up speedtest.bbmax.co.uk
If anybody knows how to fix this it would be great otherwise I may jut downgrade.

Firefox 3.6 uses the Google "browse by name" feature, you can set Firefox 4 to use this feature by changing a preference.
# Type '''about:config''' into the location bar and press enter
# Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
# Locate the preference '''keyword.enabled''' and make sure it is set to '''true''', if it is not you can double-click on it to change its value.
# Locate the preference '''keyword.URL''', double-click on it and change its value to the link show below
http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
For more details on this see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search

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