Rollyo was a

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-powered

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which allowed users to register accounts and create personalized search engines. Each search engine could include up to 25

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s chosen by the user. Search results were limited to the sites included in a particular search engine. Additionally, users could share their "rolled" engines with other contributors or post a mini search box to the user's website using

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. It was also possible to add each "searchroll" to the

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search bar and to make Rollyo the default search engine for Firefox. The name "Rollyo" was a take on the phrase "roll your own." The site was founded by Dave Pell, built by Angus Durocher, and designed by

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and Dan Cederholm. A private

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was launched in August 2005 and the final product was released in September of the same year. It was closed some time before September 17, 2012. Sunday, 7 March 2021

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