some AppleScript gists to open a new tab for web search

AppleScript Googlers

BEST (pops up a dialog to enter a search term and then opens that google search in a new tab in whatever browser is default):

activate
set gSearch to the text returned of (display dialog "Google:" default answer "")
set gSearch to "http://www.google.com/search?q=" & gSearch
tell application "System Events" to open location gSearch

Safari:
tell application "Safari"
	tell front window to set current tab to make new tab
	activate
end tell
tell application "System Events" to key code 3 using {command down, option down}

Chrome:
tell application "Google Chrome"
	tell front window to make new tab
	activate
end tell

Firefox:
tell application "System Events"
	tell application "Firefox" to activate
	keystroke "t" using command down
	key code 3 using {command down, option down}
end tell