I am a fan of Google not just because it has a very powerful search engine but also due to the wonderful ideas it comes out with. One of its many interesting services is the Custom Search Engine which is a customized version of Google's original search engine which someone can customize according to his/her needs. Although i knew about this service a long time ago, but i had not the proper knowledge to use or rather understand the usefulness of this great service. When i was really in need of something like this i understood how much it can help me.
So, i decided to try my hands on it and now i have two CSEs (i am not talking about my highest technical qualification :D) fully customized to search only what i require from Google and strip out everything useless.
So here they are...
Java Developer's Search Engine
BookmarkNetwork Administration Student's Search Engine
BookmarkThe buttons on the side telling you "Add to Google" is another interesting service by Google called iGoogle which also helps me many ways.
The main feature of this service is Collaboration i.e. anyone can customize this search engine. Suppose some one is expert in Network Administration so he can add sites with more useful information to the include list, add sites with mainly ads to the exclude list etc. And the greatest thing is that the person does not need my permission for doing all this. isn't is great? now you can also customize this search engines and add your own findings from the internet to make this CSE more information rich.
But i am never a gentle man when it comes to testing, so after creating them i decided to test them and the result was really nice. For example try to search for "database" on both CSEs and see how much the results are varying.
So, go on try these CSEs and hey don't forget to add sites that you think are really usefull for these CSEs.
