Searchify_2.0

A web-based search engine inspired by Google, built to provide fast, minimal, and user-friendly search experiences — with dark mode, keyboard navigation, and React-powered performance.

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🔍 Searchify 2.0 — A Modern Web-based Search Engine

💡 Inspiration

The idea stemmed from wanting a clean, minimal alternative to mainstream search engines — one that focuses purely on speed, usability, and distraction-free results. We wanted to build something that feels familiar like Google, but faster and visually elegant, with dark mode support.

🌐 How We Built It

  • Frontend: Built using React.js with Vite for blazing-fast bundling and Tailwind CSS for sleek, responsive UI.
  • Backend: Node.js with Express.js for API requests and query routing.
  • APIs: Used Bing Search API via RapidAPI to fetch relevant search results.
  • Dark Mode: Implemented using Tailwind’s dark theme utilities.
  • Deployment: Hosted on Netlify with automatic GitHub CI/CD.

✨ Features

  • Google-like UI with custom branding
  • 🔦 Dark mode toggle
  • ⚡ Instant search experience with keyboard shortcuts
  • 🔍 Search results with links, snippets, and favicon
  • 📱 Fully responsive design

🧩 Challenges Faced

  • Handling CORS issues while calling third-party APIs
  • Ensuring fast response times without backend rate limits
  • Managing consistent styling across light and dark themes
  • Building a clean, Google-like interface without clutter

📚 What We Learned

  • Working with external APIs and handling request limits
  • Optimizing frontend load times using Vite
  • Tailwind CSS advanced theming (especially for dark mode)
  • Deploying full-stack apps and integrating continuous deployment

🔗 Try It Out

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