•Re: make a web site searchable

[merlyn]

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>

Just replace the two occurrances of "stonehenge.com" with your domain name, and be sure that Google is hitting your site regularly.

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[chunlou]

I think it only works if your site has webpages have somehow been indexed by Google. Otherwise, nothing returns.

[jeffa]

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

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[chunlou]

Thanks for the tip.