Looking for a meta search engine script

Hey all,

Hope this is in the right place...

I've been reading up a little bit and I've been trying to find a script that works as a meta search engine, allowing me to search multiple search engines and place the results in one form.

Using a virtual database instead of a physical one would be easiest, so maybe using RSS feeds or something...

I had a quick look in google and found a few payed scripts, but I wondered if one existed for free, which was customisable.

If not free, can anyone make recommendations as I might have a bit more money to hand in a few weeks.

I'm looking into making a kind of media portal and I wanted the option to have my own search engine.

Thanks a lot for your help.

Regards.

 

I personally don't know any free ones. Try these:

biznetic.com
http://chatologica.com/site/FMSE.php

However if you wish just PM and I shall make you a custom search engine using my search engines database for free. {no adverts needed ect}

 

I've come accross one or two, like this K-Search, but its $69 and you have to pay by credit card instead of paypal

http://turn-k.net/k-search

Basically, I'm after a script that will merge the search results of different search results and allow me to add my sponsors, like this K-search, but it doesn't look like I can do this for cheap

 

There's PHP Dig...and it's free.

 

PHPDig is not really a Meta search is it EGS? I mean it is a small site crawler. I may be wrong, correct me if I am!

 

SEObook.com has free source code for their http://www.myriadsearch.com/

Source code here.
ED

 

Thanks, that looks pretty promising.

 

Any other suggestions?

 

I've just had a look at the K-Search product - looks great.

Does anyone have any experience with this?

 

If I wanted to just display a search engine, instead of a meta search engine, I've been looking into google api, etc and I was wondering if that would be easier and if they were any premade scripts to make it easier?

 

I use a script called PHPgoogleSearch at GoLexa.com
You can download it here.

You can also try here:
http://www.wwwsearchsolutions.com/google.php

Both use the Google API

Also, if you're interested in using the yahoo api, EvilGenius.info (see sig) uses it (1 file). More info here.

 

I think it is..
Why wouldn't it be? It indexes and ranks sites based on meta tags. Isn't that what a meta search engine is?

 

Nope. I can't work out if your joking. If not, a Meta Search is a search engine that searchs lots of search engines at onc,e eg yahoo and google!

 

my advice dont pay for any.

there are plenty of free good ones around. There was one mentioned a while ago in this forum i will hunt for it an PM you

cheers

 

There are some nice solutions here. Do these scripts use the Google co-op API?

 

anyone know the legality of building a search portal around one of these scripts that scapes results from the top search engines?

 

I have a search engine from extremecorporate.com (executive edition (cost 480$) ) and I am selling it ONLY FOR $150, you can check their demo at www.extremecorporate.com
This version doesn't includes videos search If you are interest PM