Quote Originally Posted by Hunterdan II View Post
The script which Acorn kindly shared is also great, if you don't mind repelling visitors who avoid google. It is a growing trend, as increasingly web users resent having their surfing habits and personal preferences harvested as data to be used in targeted advertising - I am one of those. Plus, the very use of a script that sends you to a google page not very elegant. What this basically communicates to some users is this: "You came here to look at my site, but if you want to search it I am going to send you to a google page without you being aware that it is sending you there (i.e., without your permission)" See the problem? I suggest putting a warning line under the search box (e.g. "Google search"), which then will make it okay, as you're not 'ambushing' your visitors.
I probably can use the same approach with DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Awww...%2F+minimalist seems to work fine).
In my defence, I did name the file Javascript - Google Site Search Form.web.

Acorn