FAQ:

Q:
How do I get Google Search to only show results on my website?

A:
There a few ways to do this... But 1st of all you need to have a site with a subdomain... like: www.its.uncc.edu It will not work for sites that are under another domain like www.uncc.edu/mysite

From any Google search field, just type “site:” in your search query and Google will look only for links with that base in the URL. Example: “admission site:www.uncc.edu” If you want to control it in a web-form from within your site, you will need to add a hidden filed called: "sitesearch" and have the value be your site "www.isso.uncc.edu" and point the form to: http://www.google.com/search

Here is a quick example form I made that would do it

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
<input name="q" type="text">
<input name="sitesearch" type="hidden" value="www.isso.uncc.edu">
<input type="submit" value="Search &raquo;">
</form>  

The result would send you to a page that look like this.

A:
The main University search box uses Google. The results show up in a UNC Charlotte Branded results page thanks to a special service offered to Universities. This service is limited to one use per University. Google has a lot of info on how to do more so check out their developer area.

The link to this service is here: http://www.google.com/options/universities.html

NOTE:
We have requested to be listed on their page, but they are apparently very busy... so if you see us listed let me know.. I would be curious to find out when they listed us.

We have also added Yahoo and MSN search boxes to this site to offer you alternative search engine perspectives.

Q:
How do I customize my site even further?

A:
Attention Web Designers: http://www.google.com/services/free.html

Google now offers Customizable Google Free WebSearch and SiteSearch

Want your search results to look more like your site? With a few easy additional steps, you can customize your results display to include background, text and link colors you select. Simply register your site with Google, then choose the version of Google Free you want from our menu.