Shadowsearch, Because Not Everyone Memorizes Google Search Operators Options

[JesterZero]

Hey Everyone,

So the product list seemed popular with a small subset of folks, so I'm back with another offering that some might find useful. It's a Google CSE (that stands for "Custom Search Engine") designed to return results from the Shadowrun-related sites I find myself referencing the most often. It also has a few search refinement options that allow you to narrow the results (including one that targets Dumpshock specifically; that was important to me, since searching Dumpshock in general is akin to black magic unless your Google-Fu is strong).

I'm terrible at naming things in general, and since La Femme Nikita already cornered the market on "Shadownet," I've landed on the descriptive but rather uninspired "Shadowsearch" instead. Whatever, as long as it works, right?

It seems to do the job relatively well. It's not really intended to be a substitute for those times when caffeine, eight hours, the entire WWW, and a list of search operators are called for, but rather to be a helpful tool for quick research.

The only problem I've noticed is that the inclusion of the more general RPG forums tends to be skewing the autocomplete suggestions, but the only way to mitigate that is either to 1) turn of autocomplete, or 2) remove those sites from the CSE. Silly suggestions seem preferable to those two options.

Any feedback is appreciated. Have fun.