Here is the version of the search-coding offered by GOOGLE
which is used in the John B. Johnston home page.
<FORM method=GET action="http://www.google.com/search">
<TABLE bgcolor="fff0e0">
<TR>
<TD>
<INPUT TYPE=text name=q size=84 maxlength=500 value="">
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</FORM>
The window width is determined by the
size=84
field, which
can be varied as desired by the user, while the
bgcolor
field
was chosen simply to match that of the overall page.