Customized search engines

Honestly, I didn't know tools like this existed. So thank you 27 things. I prefer the Google customized search for the ease and simplicity of use.

I can think of quite a few uses for a search tool like this in both my personal life and at work. I like the idea of a collaborative effort, where we can all submit sites for a particular search...like maybe local (up to the state level) legal information. Maybe a search for local social services (although that Where to Turn publication pretty much does it all!). Customized searches would probably work really well as a collaborative effort across the system in order to harness the minds and time of many.

Oh, and here's the link to my Green/Eco Shopping search on Google Co-op.