Customize Google search engine

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Currently I am trying to implement a way in which a user selects some values from certain drop down list and then search using a query according to those selected values the domain will be selected as example ( just for illustration ) :

First drop down list values ( Facebook , Twitter , Google+ )
Second drop down list values ( Images , Groups , Pages ).
Both drop down lists is going to determine the domain/sub-domain to search.

Search box ( box to enter search query ).

If a user selects Facebook & Groups and enters a group name .It will search using this domain "Facebook/Groups" for that specific name and so on.

Is there a way to implement such a way without making different engines and connect to those engines ?

Posted 27-Jul-11 22:37pm

KaRaMiLo

Updated 1-Aug-11 4:46am

Richard MacCutchan

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2011-07-27T23:07:00

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You don't say what language you are coding in but most offer some WebBrowser control that you can add to your app. A quick search of MSDN[^] or the Java Docs[^] should get you what you are looking for.

Posted 27-Jul-11 23:07pm

Richard MacCutchan

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KaRaMiLo 1-Aug-11 7:21am

I really don't think that the programming language will differ as I want to do that using javascript !

Richard MacCutchan 1-Aug-11 10:46am

OK, so this is a JavaScript problem. Which part of the above do you need help with?

KaRaMiLo 1-Aug-11 10:59am

What I want to know , whether it is possible to change the domain to search in using JavaScript upon user entries as shown in the above example.
But I tried to find a way but I failed .

Richard MacCutchan 1-Aug-11 12:45pm

What do you mean by "change the domain"? You can either do a general search using Google, or login to a specific site and use the search facility from that site; but every one has their own search feature.

KaRaMiLo 1-Aug-11 14:27pm

hmm , I hope the following example can make it clear :
default domain : www.football.com
when a user want to search for a match to download then i want him to search only in the following : www.download.football.com
if he wants to watch a match online then he will search in here : www.watch.football.com

and so on for each feature in order to let the result be more accurate according to his needs

Richard MacCutchan 1-Aug-11 19:37pm

I'm sorry but I still don't understand what you are trying to do. It would seem that you are trying to prevent a user from having the ability to search where they want when using whatever application you are creating. I cannot see what benefit this offers over Firefox, Chrome, or even IE.

KaRaMiLo 2-Aug-11 4:06am

Do u know the difference between domain and sub-domain ?
Domain is your website and sub-domain is a section within your website .
All what I want to allow the user to search those (sub-domains) sections only for more accurate data using Google Custom Search Engine .

Richard MacCutchan 2-Aug-11 15:45pm

Then I guess you need to look here