Arriving Somewhere

Google has made available a service that allows anyone to build their own customized Google search right into their own website. The user is able to specify the websites to be searched.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/eureka-your-own-search-engine-has.html

What is one way this might be used? Many librarians (and other people) maintain link lists or web directories that point to trusted resources on the web. What if we also offered a way to search those specific sites as well? Say, at the top of your link list to sites about British Medieval Authors, why not include a search box that searches only those web sites?

I can’t wait to play around with this. Of course, you’ll need a free Gmail account… if you need one send me an email at smithjm [at] gmail [dot] com and I will invite you.