I made a xml for myself for my favorite metasearch engine
www.ixquick.com. I think it works okay.
<search function="ix">
<COMMENT>
Even though this XML search will probably load and is a good start
toward a completed search, please be aware that this search will probably
not work as is and will probably require some changes.
</COMMENT>
<name>Ixquick</name>
<category>Search the Web</category>
<contributor></contributor>
<link>http://www.ixquick.com/</link>
<email></email>
<description>
</description>
<form name="ixf"
method="get"
action="http://ixquick.com/do/metasearch.pl">
<input type="hidden" name="cat" value="web" />
<input type="hidden" name="language" value="english" />
<input type="hidden" name="query" value="" />
</form>
<script><![CDATA[
function ix(q)
{
if( nullArgs("ix", q) )
return;
// FORM variables for ixf
//document.ixf.cat.value = "";
//document.ixf.cat.value = "";
//document.ixf.cat.value = "";
//document.ixf.cat.value = "";
//document.ixf.cat.value = "";
//document.ixf.cmd.value = "";
//document.ixf.language.value = "";
// The wizard assigned the search string to this form field value because
// this field was the active element when the search file was generated.
// Change this to args.q if the search string is parsed with parseArgs.
document.ixf.query.value = q;
submitForm(ixf);
}
]]></script>
<copyright>
The following applies if this file is included and distributed with Dave's Quick Search Deskbar:
Copyright (c) 2002 David Bau; Distributed under the terms of the GNU Public License, Version 2 (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.txt)
</copyright>
<created_by>
This search file was initially created on 01/02/05 at 21:14:46
by Dave's Quick Search Deskbar Search Wizard version 1.3,
Copyright (c) 2002 Glenn Carr; Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
</created_by>
</search>
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