# Google Custom Search Engine

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-custom-search-engine/80442>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 26, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-custom-search-engine/80442 "2006-12-26T20:02:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 8:02pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-custom-search-engine/80442/1 "2006-12-26T20:02:19Z")

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Hi,

I created a Google Custom Search Engine for searching on:

“Software / Compilers / Optimization”

This is basically a regular full Google search giving preference to  
technical sites such as IEEE, ACM, citeseer, the Universities,  
news-group (this one included), commercial sites such as Intel,  
Microsoft, HP, Sun, IBM, and others. The search results are further  
biased towards software development, programming languages, and  
optimizing compilers

The results are indeed much more specific than the regular Google  
search. Try ity out! Additionally, if you are interested, please send  
me an email and you can contribute to this search engine and add sites  
you believe should be given preference to. Over time, it should become  
better and better…

I “donated” a no-nonsense URL: [www.codeopt.com](http://www.codeopt.com)

Check it out - and let me know what you think (no rants, please)!

Cheers  
– Robert Hundt HP

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-custom-search-engine/80442/2 "2006-12-26T20:24:22Z")

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removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid wrote:

> biased towards software development, programming languages, and  
> Check it out - and let me know what you think (no rants, please)!

I searched on ‘Haskell’ and got no results.

That seems odd.

Actually, I see now that _no_ search gives results. ☹

(Side note: Have you looked at [Rollyo.com](http://Rollyo.com)? Curious how it compares to  
Google custom searches.)

–  
James B.

“You harmonize; then you customize.”

- Wilson Pickett

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**Author:** ![unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/4bbf92/32.png) [@unknown](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/unknown)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2006, 10:48pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/google-custom-search-engine/80442/3 "2006-12-26T22:48:42Z")

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Try [http://clusty.com/](http://clusty.com/) It clusters your results in subjects.

I use it when google mixes up too many topics (try searching for  
apache (webserver/indian tribe) or Ruby (gem/programing language)).