I knew something like this was coming, and leave it to Google to be the pioneers.  It’s Custom Search – the ability to create a personalized search engine tailored to your needs.  Using Google, you can now create a tool that will allow you to search a specific group of websites, blogs, or topics. 

My friend Cody McKibben, a blogger for Thrilling Heroics and Brazen Careerist, uses Custom Search to increase his efficiency and decrease the time it takes to find answers and write up blog posts.

If you want to check out a successful example of Custom Search in action, visit Cody’s tool.  His search engine crawls dozens of the most trusted blogs on the internet for authoritative posts on topics such as personal development, productivity, and social media. 

Like me, you may be nervous about conducting Internet research using Wikipedia and other unvetted sites.  Custom search solves this problem.  Developers like Cody have done their homework, so you can believe what you read.

You can add individual custom search tools to your own website or as a widget on your Google homepage.  Do a search on Cody’s tool for anything career or workplace related, and you may just come across our very own Water Cooler Wisdom!