Method 1 – Glims Plugin

What is Glims? – “Glims adds a cocktail of features to Safari (Tabs, Thumbnails, Full Screen, Search Engines, Search Suggestions, Forms autocomplete on, Dated download folders, Type Ahead …)”

1. Download and Install the Glims plugin from http://www.machangout.com
2. After you have installed Glims, open the Safari 4 Preferences and find the Glims tab
3. Click on “Search Engines”
4. Click the “Add” button to add a new search engine
5. Fill the following settings in the popup box:
   Name: Bing
   Type: Search Engine
   URL: http://www.bing.com/search?q=#query#
6. Click “Set”, close all preference windows
7. Select “Bing” in the dropdown menu in the main Safari Window Browser Search box (top right) in order to make it your default engine.

Method 2 – Inquisitor 3 Plugin

This is a good plugin, however not as flexible as Method 1

1. Download and isntall the Inquisitor 3 plugin from http://www.inquisitorx.com/safari/
2. After you have installed Glims, restart Safari 4 and open the preferences and find the new Search tab
3. You should be able to choose your default search engine, or create links to new ones

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