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Tip from Susan Scheid Is your Web site growing? Having a hard time finding things yourself? Consider adding Google's free search bar to your site not only as a convenience to your Web site visitors, but as a helpful tool for your own use. All you have to do is cut-and-paste the HTML code on this page at Google.com. Go down to the line that reads, "What could be better? Search me." and copy/paste the code you find there, replacing the "YOUR DOMAIN NAME" with your Web site URL. This code will give you a Google logo and a way for visitors to search the site outside your domain. If you want to limit visitors to a search within your own domain, use this code instead (which does not include the Google logo): <!-- SiteSearch Google --> <form method=get action="http://www.google.com/search"> <input type=text name=q size=20 maxlength=255 value=""> <input type=hidden name=sitesearch value="YOUR DOMAIN NAME"> <input type=submit name=btnG value="Search"> </form> <!-- SiteSearch Google --> If you're having trouble finding certain files, products, services or individuals you've mentioned on your own site, you'll find this tool extremely helpful. The small downside of adding this search bar is that some of your Web site visitors may leave your site to search the rest of the Web through Google if their keyword search on your site does not turn up the information they are seeking. P.S. If you ever want to search on someone else's site where a search engine hasn't been provided, just go to Google.com and type: site:www.theirsite.com keyword (Replace "www.theirsite.com" with the actual URL you want to search within, and |
