Sbot is a bot which lets you search the web using various search engines such as Google / Yahoo / Twitter through IM.

How to do it?

Just add sbot@bot.im to Google Talk/GTalk as your buddy and you can start using it.

Now when you want to search the web,

Just type in “g Search Item” for a Google Search of that particular query.

Similarly, send “y Search Item” for searching in Yahoo and finally use “t Search Item” for Twitter Search of that particular query.

The bot will then immediately reply you with the top 10 results of that query.

This IM bot has been built by @hnprashanth and @the100rabh and was an outcome of the second tech night we had yesterday. So if you have any suggestions or comments, do let them know at.

Note: This bot currently supports only Google Talk Desktop Client and Gmail Chat.

Update: This bot now supports all the major IM Programs like Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger and also Bing Search has now been added to the bot.

For a detailed overview on how to perform Bing search in your IM software or how to use Sbot in Yahoo Messenger and Windows Live Messenger, please check this article.