Google announced the Google Custom Search Engine on Monday. The tool allows Google users to create and publish search engines to search specific pages or sites. A bookmarklet enables one to quickly add a web page or site to the custom search engine they have created. Creating a search engine involves visiting the Google site and setting a few parameters.

Getting started is the easy part. The opportunity to make full use of the Custom Search Engine tool will take considerably longer. The documents are pretty complete and show how to use several impressive features including context and annotations. Search engine creators can also create custom pages that are included in the creator's website. A simple custom search engine for the community of law library and technology related sites is here.