1. go to Google Free Site Search and create an account
2. in the customize section, enter the domain of your website (in my case, blogging.typepad.com)
3. click Update to get the code that google generates for you
4. Now you’ll need to make a few modifications to that code so that it displays properly in your TypePad blog:
   • Change the line of code that reads:

   • to instead read
   • AND change the line that reads:
     • %(domain)s
       %(domain)s
   • to instead read:
     • yourdomainnamegoeshere
     • (obviously, replace ‘yourdomainnamegoeshere’ with your actual domain or site name)
5. create a typelist called search and paste the modified Google code
   for the search box right into the notes section of the only item in the
   list.
6. Make sure the notes are set to display as text,
7. add the typelist to the sidebar of your blog in the regular
   interface wherever you want it to appear (In the design section, first
   go to content and check the typelist, then go to order and position the
   searchbox where you want it to go.

People can now easily search all of your posts for the info they’re
looking for, rather than having to hunt through your archives.

How to make your TypePad blog searchable

Originally from Technophilia by Abdul Jaleel

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