1. A method, comprising the steps of: accessing a plurality of network sites via a search configuration discovery application executed in a server; and for each of the network sites, performing, in the server, the steps of: determining if a first search text box exists in a network page of the network site; automatically performing a search using a search term in the first search text box if the first search text box exists in the network page; automatically determining if the search term can be identified in association with a search result network page generated from the search by: determining if a search term is embodied in a keyword pair in an associated search result network page uniform resource locator (URL); determining if the search term is embodied in a second search text box associated with the search result network page when the search term is not embodied in a keyword pair in the search result network page URL; storing in the server a search configuration for each of the network sites, the search configuration indicating where the search term can be identified in the network page resulting from a search performed on the network site when the search term can be identified in association with the search result network page, wherein the search configuration comprises characters identifying the keyword pair when the search term is embodied in a keyword pair in the search result network page URL; and wherein the search configuration further comprises a search element identifier corresponding to the second search text box when the search term is embodied in the second search text box associated with the search result network page; flagging a network site for manual determination of a search configuration upon a failure to automatically determine whether a search term can be identified in association with a search result network page generated from the search; and periodically updating each search configuration for each of the network sites.
1. A method, comprising the steps of: accessing a plurality of network sites via a search configuration discovery application executed in a server; and for each of the network sites, performing, in the server, the steps of: determining if a first search text box exists in a network page of the network site; automatically performing a search using a search term in the first search text box if the first search text box exists in the network page; automatically determining if the search term can be identified in association with a search result network page generated from the search by: determining if a search term is embodied in a keyword pair in an associated search result network page uniform resource locator (URL); determining if the search term is embodied in a second search text box associated with the search result network page when the search term is not embodied in a keyword pair in the search result network page URL; storing in the server a search configuration for each of the network sites, the search configuration indicating where the search term can be identified in the network page resulting from a search performed on the network site when the search term can be identified in association with the search result network page, wherein the search configuration comprises characters identifying the keyword pair when the search term is embodied in a keyword pair in the search result network page URL; and wherein the search configuration further comprises a search element identifier corresponding to the second search text box when the search term is embodied in the second search text box associated with the search result network page; flagging a network site for manual determination of a search configuration upon a failure to automatically determine whether a search term can be identified in association with a search result network page generated from the search; and periodically updating each search configuration for each of the network sites. 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of determining if the search term is embodied in the keyword pair in the associated search result network page URL further comprises identifying a keyword associated with the keyword pair and a delimiter in the URL.