I just bumped into the question "How do I use Google to search a specific Radio weblog?"
Answer one
It's true that you can set up your own weblog somewhere else (other than radio.weblogs.com) and still use Radio as a client. This will work with any system that supports the Blogger API, including Movable Type. But if all you want is a blogging client, you're better off with Free Software offerings like BlogBuddy.
On BlogSpot and Weblogger, you get an actual subdomain (yourblog.blogspot.com), but in Radio you only get radio.weblogs.com/yourID/. This locks out all third-party services which work by domain, including Google Free Search (to add a search box to your weblog). It also means people can't manually search your site in Google using the "search terms site:yourblog.domain.com" syntax. This is a major design flaw, especially given the lack of any search mechanism in Radio.
Answer two
Same answer, you can't. Unless the site admin sets up a site specific account with Google AND installs a search form on the site.
That's not what I had in mind. I want the "search terms site:yourblog.domain.com" syntax to work. I hope this changes soon.
 3:30:52 PM Google It! comment
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