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Javascript Google highlighting

7th September 2002

Stuart has outdone himself with his latest piece of javascript wizzardry. searchhi will highlight search terms when someone visits your page from a link on Google—all using the DOM and all without you having to do anything more than add a <script> element to the top of your page!

Posted 7th September 2002 at 2:05 pm · Follow me on Mastodon, Bluesky, Twitter or subscribe to my newsletter

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