On Friday 11 May 2007 14:26, Patricia Geary wrote: > At 03:51 PM 5/11/2007, Judy Florian wrote: > >I'd like info from other webmasters about which on-site search engines are > >1. easiest to place the code > >2. index most or all a website > >3. allow the site to be over 250 pgs for FREE > > > >My 3 webs are growing and Freefind and pico are not getting all my pages. > >One site is limited to 250 pgs on one engine. Collectively, I have > > probably 1000 to 1500 pages within 3 cross- linked sites. > > > >Is google search a better option? > > > >Is it easy to set up? > > > >Do I need lists of pages (or folders) to set it up? > > Judy, I played around with the code on this page > http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_can_i_add_a_google_search_box_to_my_web_si >te.html > > I have not used Google search before but this is what it turns out > like http://www.houseofoak.com/search-hoo.htm ::snip:: Does Google still limit their search of your pages to only the first "X" number of characters? That's important if you have long pages, because they would be incompletely searched and indexed. If you have short pages, it shouldn't be a problem. I say "X" because I can't remember the number that used to be their limit. Valorie