internal site search bar

[jb9191]

i have just created a website to start my business.

i was just wondering if anyone knew how to put a search bar in my site so that if i put a certain item im selling in there it will take them straight to that page.

thanks

[HarveyJ]

Well, if you're using an online commerce package, like Zencart or OsCommerce, it should have a search built into it.

Or you can just pop in this nifty piece of javascript: Cut & Paste Google Internal Site Search script

[operaentre]

There are more ways to optimize your internal site search bar:
Know what visitors are searching for optimizing internal site search begins with understanding what visitors are searching fro, how often, and why, Do users resort t site search because of poor site navigation, are certain queries performed over and over, so your website analytics must answer these questions. Google analytics recently launched a site search feature.