Custom search
As our web sites and services grow, it is vital that we can search across our own website(s), those of our partners, and perhaps across the slice of the web that interests us.
Google makes it possible for organizations and individuals to create 'custom' search engines within the results they offer.
A Custom Search Engine is a tailored search experience, built using Google's core search technology, that prioritizes or restricts search results based on websites and pages specified by the builder of the engine. It allows you to:
- Apply your website's look and feel to the search results page.
- Provide search refinements within results pages to make it easier for searchers to find the information they're looking for.
- Add sites to your search engine's index as you surf the web.
- Invite friends and trusted users to co-edit and contribute to your search engine.
Once the engine is built, Google provides a simple piece of code for a search box to place on your site or blog.
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Examples:
Focuss.info provides a high quality search engine for practitioners, researchers and students in the area of global development studies. Other than generic search engines, like Google and Yahoo, focuss.info indexes a specific choice of electronic resources, selected by librarians, researchers and practitioners working in participating institutions. The resources are selected based on their relevance for the development studies and the quality of the information.
euforic custom network search (40+ sites):
icco alliance custom network search (alliance members):
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