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How can I create a "search Google" button on my Web page?

Thanks for all the help re: adding a Google search box to web site... BUT, what I really want to do is have a button that when clicked will submit a SPECIFIC querry to google from within my web page. I guess its the equivalent of replacing the querry box input mechanism with a predefined text string... how do I do that? or... maybe just being able to pass parameters to google search... is any...

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How can I add an eBay search box that searches titles and descriptions?

Dave, I got the search box into my site (as detailed here: Add an eBay search box to your Web site) but I need to be able to use it to search both title and description. I have not had any luck getting that part in. I need this because I encode the description of an eBay listing with a specific number giving my customers an easy way to look at their items only. Thanks...

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How can I add a Froogle search box to my site?

I saw your article about adding an eBay search box to your site - very cool - and would like to find out how I can add a search box for Google's Froogle shopping service to my page. Ideally, I'd like to have it open up in a new window when someone does a search. Can you help me out?...

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