Better Searches Using Google Custom Search Feature

I made three new custom search engines to help readers research key issues mentioned on this site. Basically each one is limited to search only within the top 3-10 forums, blogs, and support pages for the topic.

These will save a lot of time since you can now do just one search, instead of having to search every forum every time you have a question.

Here they are. Let me know how they work. I’m also adding them to the Helpful Resources sidebar so you’ll always have an easy link to them.

  1. Ubuntu Search (Searching *.ubuntuforums.org, *.ubuntu.com/ )
  2. GoldMine Search (Searching *.frontrange.com, *.contactreview.net, *.castellcomputers.com, *.thegmblog.com)
  3. QuickBooks Search (Searching *.quickbooksgroups.com, *.intuit.com )

Let me know if you have more resources, or blogs I can add to any of these search engines.

Posted by Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) on Sep 7th, 2007 and is filed under GoldMine, QuickBooks, Searching Better, Ubuntu.

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3 Responses to “Better Searches Using Google Custom Search Feature”

  1. Python Bytes – Today’s Top Blog Posts on Python – Powered by SocialRank says:
    September 10th, 2007 at 6:16 am

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  2. Doug Castell says:
    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:48 pm

    I made a GoldMine Google Co-op search engine a while back too. It indexes the frontrange forums, some of the same sites you list and so on. Check it out here.

  3. Greg Pinero (Primary Searcher) says:
    December 23rd, 2007 at 11:51 pm

    Ah a competitor, eh? I haven’t seen much usage on mine, how is yours faring?