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Build Your Own Topic Search Engine

Now you can create your own topic specific search engine in minutes. Gigablast's revolutionary, new technology allows you to create a list of up to 200 web sites (or subsites) and a search box that searches just those sites. Give your visitors a unique search experience, completely free of charge. For instance, if you have a site about horses, why not create a horse-specific search engine? Gigablast is committed to bringing you new and useful internet tools. To begin, follow the steps below.

Copy and paste the following html code into your web page to display your search box:

<form method=get action=http://www.gigablast.com/search>
<input type=text name=q size=60>
<input type=submit value=search border=0>
<input type=hidden name=sc value=0>
<input type=hidden name=iu value="http://www.mydomain.com/logo.gif">
<input type=hidden name=iw value=200>
<input type=hidden name=ih value=50>
<input type=hidden name=ix value="http://www.mylink.com/">
<input type=hidden name=sites value="site1.com site2.com site3.com ...">
</form>

Replace www.mydomain.com/logo.gif above with the url of your logo.
Replace 200 and 50 with the width and height of your logo in pixels.
Replace www.mylink.com above with the url to visit when your logo is clicked.
Replace site1.com site2.com site3.com ... with your own list of sites that you want to search. Up to 200 of them. Try harvesting them from web directories such as www.dmoz.org and dir.yahoo.com.

Enjoy your own custom search engine.

For instance, the following HTML produces the search box you see below:

(www.gigablast.com)