8. A system for presenting search answers or suggestions from user-created web-search verticals in response to search queries entered into a general web-search utility, the system comprising: a data store comprising stored information elements and a plurality of user-created web-search verticals that have been installed into a web-search user interface that has been customized by a user selecting to install one or more user-created web-search vertical tabs in the web-search user interface, wherein the user-created web-search verticals have been created by one or more search-engine consumers rather than a search-engine provider; a search-engine component operative to obtain general web-search results from the data store and further operative to obtain search answers or suggestions from one or more of the plurality of user-created web-search verticals; a vertical determiner operative to determine whether to obtain inline search answers or suggestions from one or more of the plurality of user-created web-search verticals by first accessing a user-created definition for each of the user-created web-search verticals to determine whether return of answers or suggestions are supported by each of the user-created web-search verticals, and, second, determining whether any keywords from the query are present in a programmed keyword list in each of the user-created web-search verticals; and an interface component operative to receive general web-search queries and present inline search answers or suggestions obtained from the plurality of user-created web-search verticals on a common display with the general web-search results in response to the vertical determiner making a determination to obtain inline search answers or suggestions from the one or more user-created web-search verticals.
8. A system for presenting search answers or suggestions from user-created web-search verticals in response to search queries entered into a general web-search utility, the system comprising: a data store comprising stored information elements and a plurality of user-created web-search verticals that have been installed into a web-search user interface that has been customized by a user selecting to install one or more user-created web-search vertical tabs in the web-search user interface, wherein the user-created web-search verticals have been created by one or more search-engine consumers rather than a search-engine provider; a search-engine component operative to obtain general web-search results from the data store and further operative to obtain search answers or suggestions from one or more of the plurality of user-created web-search verticals; a vertical determiner operative to determine whether to obtain inline search answers or suggestions from one or more of the plurality of user-created web-search verticals by first accessing a user-created definition for each of the user-created web-search verticals to determine whether return of answers or suggestions are supported by each of the user-created web-search verticals, and, second, determining whether any keywords from the query are present in a programmed keyword list in each of the user-created web-search verticals; and an interface component operative to receive general web-search queries and present inline search answers or suggestions obtained from the plurality of user-created web-search verticals on a common display with the general web-search results in response to the vertical determiner making a determination to obtain inline search answers or suggestions from the one or more user-created web-search verticals. 11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the vertical determiner comprises code for determining whether a web-search query performed using a particular user-created web-search vertical satisfies a query-frequency threshold and a customer satisfaction rating threshold, and further wherein the vertical determiner is operative to determine to obtain inline search answers or suggestions from the particular user-created web-search vertical if the query-frequency threshold and the customer satisfaction rating threshold are satisfied.