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Build your own Search Engine Taly Sharon www. sharon-it. com taly@sharon-it. com INFO May 2007 1 www. sharon-it. com

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Agenda • Introduction • Customizable Search Engines (SEs): – – Rollyo Google Coop Yahoo Search Builder Microsoft Live Macros • Comparison • Summary 3 www. sharon-it. com

Introduction • There are 3 dimensions in building your own SE: 1. Vertical search 2. Customized search 3. Swicki - search Wiki (collaboration) 4 www. sharon-it. com

Rollyo 5 www. sharon-it. com

Rollyo • Uses Yahoo! API. • Create/Use Searchrolls – Up to 25 websites – Only top level domains – Adding it to a website – Website search – Does not indent results from the same site • Explore Searchrolls • Roll. Bar – Bookmarklet 6 www. sharon-it. com

Rollyo - Edit 7 www. sharon-it. com

Rollyo - Search 8 www. sharon-it. com

Add Searchroll 9 www. sharon-it. com

Adding Searchrolls 10 www. sharon-it. com

Using Searchrolls 11 www. sharon-it. com

Explore Searchrolls 12 www. sharon-it. com

…Explore more 13 www. sharon-it. com

Roll. Bar Bookmarklet 14 www. sharon-it. com

Yahoo Search Builder 15 www. sharon-it. com

Yahoo Search Builder • Create Search box – Include/exclude websites – Add/remove search terms • Add it to a website • Website search 16 www. sharon-it. com

Yahoo Search Builder 17 www. sharon-it. com

Yahoo Search Builder 18 www. sharon-it. com http: //www. sharon-it. com/yahoo-news-search-box. html

Yahoo Traffic 19 www. sharon-it. com

Google Coop 20 www. sharon-it. com

Google Coop • Create a Search box – Include sites – Exclude sites – Annotate • Add it to a website • Share it 21 www. sharon-it. com

Google Coop 22 www. sharon-it. com

Control Panel 23 www. sharon-it. com

Preview 24 www. sharon-it. com

Google Bookmarklet !Bookmarklet is a utility stored in the favorites and easily activated. • Bookmarklet to annotate pages • Enables also to directly edit the search engine 25 www. sharon-it. com

Annotate • Annotation popup 26 www. sharon-it. com

!Google Coop – the Result 27 www. sharon-it. com

Google -Statistics 28 www. sharon-it. com

MSN Live Macros 29 www. sharon-it. com

MSN Live Macros • Many options • Unlike the name, the same thing (search box), and is also done via menus • The most complicated 30 www. sharon-it. com

Define 31 www. sharon-it. com

Compare 32 www. sharon-it. com

Matkonim http: //search. live. com/macros/matkonim/ 33 www. sharon-it. com

MSN Advanced Mode 34 www. sharon-it. com

…Oops 35 www. sharon-it. com

Using - Customization 36 www. sharon-it. com

Using Macros 37 www. sharon-it. com

Comparison • Yahoo Search Builder • Rollyo – Pros • Some search parameters • Web, news Search – Cons • Site list box too small with lousy scrolling • No online sharing unless using code for own website • Online search box • Easy sharing – Cons • Top level domains only • No parameters • MSN Live Search Macros – Pros • • • Google coop – Pros • All advanced parameters Web, news Search – Cons • Sharing only by invitation 38 Web, news Search Online search box Easy sharing Many options www. sharon-it. com • Advanced somewhat limited • Confusing/many options • Can’t name Hebrew SEs

Summary • Use Rollyo for simple searches and easy sharing. • Use Google for advanced searches with (private) sharing. • Track changes and updates to the Customized Search Engines. 39 www. sharon-it. com

References • Custom Search Engines: Google Coop, Live Search Macros and Yahoo! Search Builder www. 25 hoursaday. com/weblog/Perma. Link. aspx? guid=4 14 a 880 e-e 05 a-4 ff 6 -ac 55 -0652 a 910221 e • Rollyo www. rollyo. com • Rollyo - Roll your own www. rollyo. com/createroll. html • Yahoo Search Builder builder. search. yahoo. com/m/home • Google Coop google. com/coop/ • Live Search Macros http: //search. live. com/macros 40 www. sharon-it. com