Using Google to search for Hausa data (2)

Last year, I wrote a post on “Using Google to search for Hausa data“. In this post, I described how one can use Google to do searches on specific websites. For example, the following link will open a customized searchbox that will search the website of Muryar Jamus:

http://www.google.com/custom?sa=Google+Search
&domains=http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa/
&sitesearch=http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa/

Recently, I have come upon a new Google feature that makes searching Hausa data even easier: If you have an account with Google, you can create what is called a “Google Custom Search Engine“. With this, you can specify or prioritize the sites you want to include in your searches. I have created one which I call “Hausa Online”. It searches the following eight sites:

• http://hausaonline.wordpress.com
• http://ha.wikipedia.org
• http://ha.wiktionary.org
• http://www.gumel.com
• http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/hausa
• http://www.voanews.com/hausa
• http://hausa.cri.cn

With time, I may add other sites. Send me your proposals!