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Step 1: Creating search.XML file
Click to view the image in it’s full size. Open notepad and copy-paste the following code snippet into it. Replace Site Name, Site Description, Favicon URL, yoursite.com with the actual values. Now save the file as search.xml
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:moz="http://www.mozilla.org/2006/browser/search/"> <script/> <ShortName>Site Name</ShortName> <Description>Site Description (eg: Search sitename)</Description> <InputEncoding>UTF-8</InputEncoding> <Image width="16" height="16" type="image/x-icon">Favicon url</Image> <Url type="application/x-suggestions+json" method="GET" template="http://suggestqueries.google.com/complete/search?output=firefox&q={searchTerms}" /> <Url type="text/html" method="GET" template="http://yoursite.com/?s={searchTerms}" /> <SearchForm>http://yoursite.com/</SearchForm> </OpenSearchDescription> -
Step 2: Upload the file to the root folder of your website
The second step is to upload this newly created file to your website. To do that open up your hosting panel such as cPanel. Go to the root folder and upload the file there. That’s all you got to do in this step.
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Step 3: Adding the meta tag
The final step is to add the necessary meta tags to your website. Copy the following meta tag and paste it after the <head> tag. If you are using wordpress, then use plugins such as Per page add to head to add meta tags to the head section of your website source code. That’s it!
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