More Windows 7 Search Federation Providers for Download

We previously touched upon how you could add Flickr Search to the Windows 7 Search Federation.� dmex over at SevenForums went on to create even additional providers that you can experiment with. A few of the search providers available for download drew their sources from Youtube, Google News, and Yahoo. Of course, the one everyone wants is a Google Search implementation, but apparently, OpenSearch cannot be used with Google Search just yet.

Implementation of one of these search providers into Search Federation is simple. Just download the file, unzip it, and double-click on it for an install. After you install this connector, you may be wondering how to access it once you have closed the Window. You could save the file onto your desktop and click it each time to search Flickr, but then you�d be adding the Search connector each time. What you can do is create a shortcut to the actual Search, which is located in your Users Folder\Search. So for me it would be C:\Users\Brian\Searches

I gave all the providers a test and all of them seemed to perform pretty decent. However, YouTube (like the Flickr provider) was extremely inaccurate. A search for “Canon guitar rock” brought up results relating to World of Warcraft. This is probably because the idea has not yet been introduced. As Windows 7 starts to become mainstream in the future, it is likely that third-party sources will create their own fine-tuned implementations for Windows 7 Search Federation.

Related posts:

1. Add Flickr search to Windows 7 Search Federation
2. Windows 7 Federated Search Provider Implementer’s Guide