# Does This Program Exist?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-program-exist/707835
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [December 21, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-program-exist/707835 "2014-12-21T18:41:19Z")
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### Author: ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-program-exist/707835/1 "2014-12-21T18:41:19Z")

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Before I re-invent the wheel, I thought I would ask here. I need a program where the input is (1) a list of names; and (2) the url for a web site. The program would then do Google searches (limited to that web site) for each name on the list and report back any hits.

For example, suppose the list is “John Jones” “Suzy Smith” “David Doe,” and the web site is “[straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com)”

The program would first Google search

site:straightdope.com “John Jones” and report back any hits. And then do the same thing for the other two names on the list.

Does such a program exist out there or do I need to write it myself?

TIA.

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### Author: ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2014, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-program-exist/707835/2 "2014-12-21T19:43:05Z")

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This lets you search up to 50 terms per day:

> **[Log On](http://www.batchsearch.com/account/logon)**
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> batchSEARCH allows users to search up to 15 websites at once with real-time results on 1 screen. Up to 1000 keywords can be searched per batch.

You can also just type site:straightdope.com “john jones” OR “suzy smith” OR “david doe”

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### Author: ![Donnerwetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-program-exist/707835/3 "2014-12-21T19:58:29Z")

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You could also try to tinker around with Google Custom Search Engine:

> **[Programmable Search Engine by Google](https://programmablesearchengine.google.com/about/)**
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> Help people find what they need on your website. Add a customizable search box to your web pages and show fast, relevant results powered by Google.