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 * open tabs titles and URLs
-with search results limited to some subset of those sources if requested, according to [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location%20bar%20autocomplete#w_changing-results-on-the-fly this algorithm].
+The results are sorted in the following order:
+* Keywords: If the first search string matches a bookmark keyword, the first result will be the keyword search URL. Any subsequent search strings will be added to the URL in the result. For example, a Google keyword search will show a result for "google" of "http://www.google.com/search?q=", with the result for "google foo" being "http://www.google.com/search?q=foo".
+* Adaptive matching: The next set of results will be those for which the typed string matches a previous selection from the results for that same typed string. For example, if I often type "goo" and select http://www.google.com from the results, then that URL will quickly become the top matching result when I type "goo".
+* Frecency: The rest of the results are sorted according to the [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/The_Places_frecency_algorithm Places Frecency algorithm].
+Search results can be limited to some subset of the possible sources, according to [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Location%20bar%20autocomplete#w_changing-results-on-the-fly this algorithm].
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