Configure external searches
Another type of scope is the remote search service scope which utilizes external search engines. There are two approaches for configuring external searches. One approach is to define an external search engines that contributes results to the search center results page. Site users see the external search engine results from within the search center portlet view. The other approach is to define external scopes that allow site users to directly invoke external searches from the scope dropdown of the search box.
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