Does anyone know how to make your own search engine? Does it take lots of time and careful programming or is it quite quick and easy to make a basic one? Post here!

Youcould start by trying this link and maybe you can decide if that is what you want to do! How Intertnet Search Engines Work! Hope the link will get you going where you want to go.

Just opnions.

I have never made a search engine though. Never had the need to. But I have some idea. It mostly depends on the search space. It less abouit programming and more about using the right tool. Searching Algorithms are no doubt one of the most studied algos out there with varying implementations..so is the case with search engines them selves. It would be wise to look into already developed search engines.

I need not mention sites like sourceforge.net tigris.com etc which host projects like these. If you find some thing interesting you may want to join them.

just curious , do you want to venture into search engine technology just for the sake of it or do u have an actual problem to solve (ie you are building a website of some sort)

Also search engines are taking new approaches these days , ie sound based , video , 3d etc etc and not just plain old text.

You may want to check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_Engine out

I was just curious about how easy it would be to make your own search engines , I don't think I have time to do it now though. It's probably all too technical for me. I don't know so much about programming, so I might not be able to do it. I know you said it isn't so much about programming, but it would still probably be too much of an extra workload for me, I've got a lot going on with my site and with my forum. Thanks for givng me such good info guys.

Creating a search engine needs a huge database i presume and a large brain to scour through all the algos of searching, sorting and implementing the best to suite your needs... I feel its about a effecient programming than about large programming. You need to have all the knowledge about internet and how it works. How you rate pages and index them for better searh...
i think you should start creating searchengine for a localhost now and make it a big boom on the internet if you succeed in implementing the better algos. Like google does...

Best of luck dude

Programming the search engine is one thing - hardware is another! You need much space (many many harddisks), much RAM, many processors and voltage ... and that all costs MONEY.

GreetingZ

Creating search engine is simple. Really! But if you want search engine like Google and yahoo so its not simple anymore. lol!

There's a lot of free search engine scripts out there ready to use for your site.

Yes it's true

Best practice to learn some topic is to explore existing implementations. Start by reading sources.
I can recommend MnoGoSearch and AspSeek. First written in perl AFAIK, second C++ and MySQL.
Happy hacking!

If you would like to create a search section/site search area for your site, there are 3 methods:

1. Use free, easy to use, PHP scripts. You can find plenty here. Just find the free ones underneath the commercial ones and choose the one that is most suitable.

2. Use Google SiteSearch.

3. Investigate and research how to build your own PHP/ASP files to create your own search engine to index your site. You may also want a script for a sitemap.

The first two options are easiest. Good luck!