Creating a search feature for webiste

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Hey All,

Basically what I want to do is create a search box so when a visitor puts in a keyword and hits search it will then list a page with all links to all pages that have that keyword.

I knew of a software program that did that but I cannot find it anywhere.

Any suggestions?

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Assuming you don’t want to redesign the wheel check out: Google Custom Search - Site search and more. It’s free and will allow you to make use of Google’s index of your site to perform local searches.

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I would rather not use Google to do this. I appreciate the info though.

If I am not mistaken the program I used was CoffeeCup Website Search, but its not available any longer as I can see.

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have you tried entering the magic phrase
CoffeeCup Website Search Download
into google???

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Yes, and so far everything leads me to

http://www.coffeecup.com/website-search/

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Does your site utilize .NET or PHP so you can implement a search component?

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BTW, this post should answer your question about not being able to find it:

Important Announcement Concerning CoffeeCup Website Search | CoffeeCup Software

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This might interest you:

Rollyo: Roll Your Own Search Engine

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Depends on what your site is built on. Platforms like wordpress/Joomla have their in built search feature, similar to what you want.

To build a search feature that will search your webpages, you would need to have the content indexed or in your database for your search program to search efficiently.