The search feature/function certainly needs improvement. What are your views and ideas on how to go about it? This will certainly help developers. Thanks

1. integrate templates for search (2.018)...improve it more for easy template modification
http://www.dugris.info/modules/wfdownloads/singlefile.php?cid=14&lid=55

2. Search Block with drop down - select module and click search..or search per module...
easy way to integrate a search block in a module that will only search in the module

3. integration with Google Search such as in happy search
http://linux2.ohwada.net/modules/news/article.php?storyid=3

4. Ajax