[troyb]

I did a google search and then grabbed the hardlink for that search (found in the upper right corner of the map).

Then manually created a working search url:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=%@&sll=47.660488,-122.351089&sspn=0.016577,0.026157&ie=UTF8&z=11&iwloc=A

and gave it a keyword of: gm@

When creating your own search shortcut be sure to include the "@" at the end.