•Re: make a web site searchable

If you don't mind bouncing them out to Google and back to your site, you can add "search this site with Google" without any programming whatsoever. I added the following HTML to the template for the bottom of my pages:

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method=GET>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden name=site value=swr>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden name=q value="site:stonehenge.com">
<INPUT TYPE=text name=as_q size=31 maxlength=256 value="">
<INPUT TYPE=submit name=btnG VALUE="Search stonehenge.com with Google"
+>
</form>
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Just replace the two occurrances of "stonehenge.com" with your domain name, and be sure that Google is hitting your site regularly.

-- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker
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Re: •Re: make a web site searchable by chunlou (Curate) on Aug 20, 2003 at 19:15 UTC
I think it only works if your ~~site has~~ webpages have somehow been indexed by Google. Otherwise, nothing returns.	[reply]
3Re: make a web site searchable by jeffa (Bishop) on Aug 21, 2003 at 01:02 UTC
If you don't want to wait for Google to find you, you can always submit your URL to Google. After a few days or so, your site will be indexed and searchable. jeffa L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L-- -R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B-- H---H---H---H---H---H--- (the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)	[reply]
4Re: make a web site searchable by chunlou (Curate) on Aug 21, 2003 at 02:09 UTC
Thanks for the tip.	[reply]