June 24, 2009

Building a Custom Search Engine

Bridging the DiGital Divide: Custom Search Engines Put You in Control, by John J DiGillo, LLRX (June 14)

Recommends two tools for creating own search engines of sites you select.

"Imagine being able to specify exactly what sites it should search. Better yet, don’t just imagine it, give it a try! Custom search engines are already available and power searchers are already learning how to harness the power of their focused-searching capabilities for themselves. Google CSE and Rollyo are two fine examples of what is possible."

I agree both are good. Rollyo uses the Yahoo database, and Google - well Google. Rollyo is dead simple to set up. Google has more features but is also more complex.

Posted by Gwen at June 24, 2009 10:24 PM