1. A method for initiating a search at a server computer, said method comprising: storing at a client computer a data base including a URL of the server computer; and receiving information entered by a user into the client computer, and in response, identifying from said information a search term and the URL of said server computer, generating an HTTP search request which includes the URL of said server computer and said search term, and sending said HTTP search request to said server computer; and wherein said identifying of the URL of said server computer comprises searching said data base for a character string contained in said information that matches the URL of said server computer; and said identifying of said search term comprises identifying a portion of said information appended to the URL of said server.