So how should i go about getting a search engine on my site so people can search for things on my site and all the search results are shown on a page on my website ?
multiple solutions - depending on site-details 1. static 2. dynamic pages also you want people to search or to FIND to search you may use Google search or Yahoo search box with your site pre-configured as defualt if using G search and you have an adsense account - then you may opt for G search with adsense and get some adsense revenuew - although little it still may add up to a few hundred $ / yr other option for static and or dynamic pages you intall your own independant site search script - free or commercial i love people to actually FIND what they search - hence many years ago I purchased a truly excellent site search script for my static pages ( may be it meanwhile has an option for dynamic pages as well - I never checked newest verson available ) my HSE search engine is so good and stable that since several years i had absolutely zero maintenance and zero problems of any kind. it runs either full text real time or on an index you create i prefer full text - however of course it uses lots of CPU and time but assures people absolute surely FIND if it ever exists on your site having your own search script makes you free of SE onsite errors, missing pages in SE, non-indexed pages or in case of de-indexing or db crashes such as the recent june 27 G crash or may Y db crash you may find many onsite search scriptps - free of paid - at http://cgi.resourceindex.com/ http://php.resourceindex.com/ or most likely also on http://www.hotscripts.com/
If your site is well SEO organized, and if it is indexed by google, you can make search engine using google on 2 ways: NOTE: Add http and www before links. It is not alowed to me to post live links 1. Go to google.com/searchcode.html 2. Using PHP and GOOGLE API key, you can "get results" in background and show on your page. Here is the PHP script and an example: dankarran.com/googleapi-phpsitesearch/ Additional informations you can find on digitalpoint.com/tools/search/
Google Adsense now provides a search box for which you can provide the page for which the search results appear on. You can customize the look of the page, ad more adsense ads to it, and get paid while people search your site.