Browsers have search boxes, so who needs this?
That's what I thought when I read this, and I don't even have to use search boxes as anything I type that isn't a URL is interpreted as a search on google anyways. And I also agree that it would make much more sense to have a google search that has "site:amiga.org" added to the search string.
But, at the end of the day - do I care that there's a search gadget and a google logo at the bottom of the pages? Not really.