jquery判断input值不为空的方法

<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
 //enter回车键激活搜索
  $('.searchbox').bind('keypress', function(event) {
    if (event.keyCode == "13")
    {
      search_news();
    }
  });
var k = $(".searchbox").val();
  if(k!=''){
  document.location = "/plus/search.php" + encodeURI(k);
  }
</script>

$(function() {
      $(".searchbox").blur(function() {
        if ($(".searchbox").val() == "")
        { $(".searchbox").focus(); }
        else
          alert($(".searchbox").val());
      });
    });