Adding Google Free WebSearch

Lots of webmasters add Google search boxes to their sites, because Google makes it easy to do so. Google’s main program is called Google Free, and it comes in several different flavors—basic web search, web search with SafeSearch filtering, and web search with site search added.

Adding a Basic Search Box for Web Searches

The first of these options is Google Free WebSearch. It’s easy to add; all you have to do is insert the following HTML code into your web page’s code, where you want the search box to appear.

Here’s the code:

<!-- Search Google --><center><FORM method=GET action="http://www.google.com/search"><input type=hidden name=ie value=UTF-8><input type=hidden name=oe value=UTF-8><TABLE bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr><td> ...

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