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Rollyo (a contraction standing for Roll your own). Allows you to customize a search engine to fit your own specific needs.

While this concept may have merit with specific projects or jobs, I don't necessarily believe it's worth the effort. I am of course saying this without putting forth any effort to create one myself, this way I can speak about it from a soapbox made largely of ignorance and surface observations.

I can see use in it. Just not for me. I'll draw a parallel. I've got digital cable. It's cool and I actually like the fact that I can filter out a lot of the channels that I can't use yet (HD signals), I can't use effectively (in spanish), or just downright loathe (anything country or sports). The great part is, I don't have to sift through those things while I'm browsing. But there's a downside. When things change (like the channel lineup) I have to re-accomplish, or at the very least, re-examine, my filters. If you tailor a suit, it may fit you perfectly, but if you get fat, you've got to make changes again.

Rollyo seems to provide some very basic 'canned' customization, which, really, isn't customization since you're still getting broad strokes. I'm assuming there is more to it, if you so desire, I just don't care enough to dig deep into this effort. It's nice to know it exists, in case I ever come across a need for it, or have a user that might benefit from it.