title: How to query a search service and get back an xml string in SharePoint 2010?
body: <p>In SharePoint 2010, I am making a web part and I want to be able to send a query to the search service and get back a XML string representing the result. How can I do this programatically? </p>
  
  <p>Maybe a jquery ajax request is possible?</p>
  
  <p>SharePoint does this basically with its own search web parts and the search boxes, so can this be done with out of the box tools, or do I need to download something extra?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>