Creating a Site Specific Search Scope

I recently was asked to help with creating a site specific search scope, and realizing I had never written down the steps, decided to put it up here on my blog for reference.

Within Central Administration, go to the SSP Administration page and select "Search Settings". From within the Search Settings page click on the View Scopes link under the Scopes heading and select the "New Scope" button. Name the scope what you wish (I use the site name), and click OK. Once the scope is populated in the Scope listing you will need to add a rule in order to get it to work. Click the "Add Rule" link and enter in the requested information as so:

Scope Rule Type: Web Address

Web Address: Folder-Enter in URL to the site, omitting a specific page such as Default.aspx

Behavior: Require


Save the scope, then make sure the scope updates.

Now from the top level site page, go to actions > site settings > search scopes > and add the new search scope to the display group.
Now it will appear in the search drop down.

Simple enough.