Multi-Site Search

**Will.Spencer** · 23 April, 2009, 10:38 AM

I am looking to create a web page or script where I enter one string and it searches Google for that string across 300+ different web sites.

For example, I enter the word "boxing" and it searches a pre-configured list of 300 web sites for the word "boxing" using Google's site: operator.

The web page or script would be only for my use. I could distribute it freely for other people to us, but my copy would only need to work for me.

Anyone have suggestions on how to build this beast? Right now I'm stuck way back at the "How can I have more than one onClick on a submit action in an HTML form?

**Abdullah** · 23 April, 2009, 14:32 PM

As we discussed on chat, the code pasted below solves the problem (almost

). It relies on using multiple instances of the "site:" operator, separated by ORs. Since a single search can have a limited number of terms, searching 300 sites is not possible in one go and needs to be divided into categories.

The code includes two sample categories, technical sites and how to sites. More categories can be added in a similar way, although it will be better if a separate function is created for this purpose.

The lists of sites need to be specified in the array variables at the beginning of the script. Since Google allows a maximum of 32 search words, the number of sites should be 31 or less in each category, assuming a single search term. So, 300 sites will require more than 10 categories.

HTML Code:

<html><head>
  <script type="text/javascript">
   
  var techSites = ['tech-faq.com', 'systemdisc.com', 'symatech.net', 'iqio.org', 'rolo.org', 'explaintechstuff.com']; // add other sites
   
  var howToSites = ['ihowd.com', 'iaskd.com', 'howtodothesethings.com', 'bestinlife.net']; // add other sites
   
   
  var techString="";
  if (techSites.length > 0)
  {
      techString = " site:" + techSites[0];
      for (var i=1; i<techSites.length; i++) {
                  techString += " OR site:" + techSites[i];
      }
  }
   
   
  var howToString="";
  if (howToSites.length > 0)
  {
      howToString = " site:" + howToSites[0];
      for (var i=1; i<howToSites.length; i++) {
                  howToString += " OR site:" + howToSites[i];
      }
  }
   
  function submitTechForm() {
      open("http://www.google.com/search?q=" + document.getElementById("techTextBox").value + techString + "&lr=lang_en");
  }
   
  function submitHowToForm() {
      open("http://www.google.com/search?q=" + document.getElementById("howToTextBox").value + howToString + "&lr=lang_en");
  }
   
  </script>
   
  </head><body>
  <form action="javascript:submitTechForm()">
  <input name="q" id="techTextBox" type="text"><input value="Search Tech Sites!" type="submit"> 
  </form>
   
  <form action="javascript:submitHowToForm()">
  <input name="q" id="howToTextBox" type="text"><input value="Search How To Sites!" type="submit"> 
  </form>
   
  </body></html>

Hope that helps!

**Will.Spencer** · 23 April, 2009, 15:58 PM

This is going to make building links to new sites so much easier!

**rome9t9** · 23 April, 2009, 16:25 PM

Though I cant help, but I would like to see this in action..may be get a copy too if you wish..

Good Luck

**Mr.Bill** · 23 April, 2009, 16:36 PM

You know you might have too many sites when you need to have your own search engine built

**Abdullah** · 23 April, 2009, 16:37 PM

Originally Posted by rome9t9

Though I cant help, but I would like to see this in action..may be get a copy too if you wish..

Good Luck

To see it in action, copy and paste the code into a .html file. Open that file, and voila! - you can enter your search terms.

**thesyndicate** · 20 July, 2009, 11:12 AM

You mean you use this to find things that is relevant to your website?

I was looking for something simliar but for diffrent social networks like search all social network for a email adress. Does anybody have that?

**Will.Spencer** · 20 July, 2009, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by thesyndicate

You mean you use this to find things that is relevant to your website?

I use this to find pages on my websites. I have more pages than any human being could ever hope to remember.

Originally Posted by thesyndicate

I was looking for something simliar but for diffrent social networks like search all social network for a email adress. Does anybody have that?

Just delete my site names from the script and replace them with the names of the various social networking sites.

**thesyndicate** · 20 July, 2009, 11:49 AM

i do not think that will work do you? Do you need to be logged in to some of them? I more thinking of a script that log in to 30 diffrent sites and search for a name or email. But otherwise the script is cool.

Btw why dont you use Googles own search and make a private SE and add all your domains in there.

**Will.Spencer** · 23 July, 2009, 06:28 AM

Originally Posted by thesyndicate

i do not think that will work do you? Do you need to be logged in to some of them? I more thinking of a script that log in to 30 diffrent sites and search for a name or email. But otherwise the script is cool.

Btw why dont you use Googles own search and make a private SE and add all your domains in there.

This script does use Google. It's a shell for Google search that builds the proper search queries for us.

If you need to login to different sites and use thirty different search engines, you have a much larger coding exercise ahead of you.