Yahoo Search Builder - customizable search engine

Google may be the leader in the search engine market, but Yahoo Search is still a important search industry player and internet powerhouse. Yahoo Search Builder is a powerful, easy to use tool provided by Yahoo which enables anyone (primarily web professionals) to create customizable search engine experience for any website. All that is needed is a yahoo email address and in literally minutes anyone start using Yahoo’s search technology on their own website to search the entire web, within a specified website and much more.

Simple Steps

  1. Navigate the Yahoo Search Builder homepage
  2. Log in with your Yahoo id
  3. Define your search engine by choosing a name and search type
  4. Design search box by choosing the width, colours and encoding
  5. Customize and brand your search box with your logo, fix it to match the colours of your website among other options
  6. Test created search box and add the generated code to your web page.

Graphical Representation of Steps

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Create multiple engines for multiple websites and view statistics independently with this very useful tool provided by Yahoo. Please read through the Yahoo Search Builder help files if you have any problems with these steps or ask your questions in a comment.


November 6, 2007 | Filed Under general, search engine optimization, tools and resources 

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    I like google.

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