Creating Custom Search Pages
In SharePoint 2010, there is also the possibility to create custom search pages anywhere around the SharePoint farm. These pages can be the part of each search center or any other site type.
Basically, the Search function includes two user interactions: the Search Box for typing queries in and the results that are displayed. Both of them can be placed either on the same page or on different ones, depending on the requirements. In this way, you can build your own interfaces for the search functions. For example, you can insert a Search Box and a Core Results web part to a document center for searching the items in the Documents Scope; or insert a People Search Box to your HR site.
To create a new search page, perform ...
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