Switching search providers within a browser search box

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• displaying a Web browser search box;
• ascertaining whether a user has placed focus in the search box;
• responsive to ascertaining a user has placed focus in the search box, displaying search provider indicia that can be selected by the user and displaying at least one search provider collection indicia, wherein said at least one search provider collection indicia is associated with a collection of more than one search provider;
• ascertaining whether search provider indicia has been selected by a user;
• responsive to ascertaining a user has selected search provider indicia, using a selected search provider for a search;
• and
• enabling a user, via selection of the at least one search provider collection indicia, to switch from a single search provider to a collection of search providers, the search provider collection indicia further configured to enable submitting a search term, entered in the Web browser search box, to each of the more than one search provider in the collection responsive to selection of the search provider collection indicia.

One or more computer readable storage media comprising computer-readable instructions which, when executed, implement a method comprising:

• enabling a user to define and group multiple search providers into multiple collections;
• ascertaining whether the user has placed focus in a Web browser's search box, wherein the search box is a native part of the Web browser;
• and
• responsive to the user placing focus in the Web browser's search box, displaying a plurality of collection indicia, each collection indicia being a singular displayed representation of an individual collection of search providers defined by the user, at least one collection of search providers comprising multiple search providers, the indicia being configured to enable the user to selectably switch between individual collections of search providers.