build a customized search engine

Buildasearch.com is a new website that lets anyone quickly build their own customized search engine. By signing up for a free account, users can quickly configure and customize their own search engine that can be used to search a predefined list of websites.

Besides just harvesting the power of big search engines, Buildasearch.com lets users easily customize the look and feel of their search engine. An easy-to-use AJAX web interface allows users to tailor the search engine’s color scheme and logo to blend in with an existing website. When it comes to integrating the search engine, a webmaster can either link to it on Buildasearch.com’s server or use a sample PHP API to include it on a standalone website.

Buildasearch runs on a RootBSD virtual private server (VPS). Coincidentally, I use a RootBSD virtual private server as well and I’ve been happy with the support and the performance.

I’m using buildasearch to provide targeted searches for specific topics I cover at plexav.com.