Google Inc. is offering search engine services for small websites for a discounted price starting from $100 per year, according a the company statement made today.

The service is targeted at millions of small-scale websites which do not have a search engine or are satisfied with the current features, said Nitin Mangtani, Google's product manager.

Google provides a significant discount for its Custom Search Business Edition. It starts at $100 per year with a 5,000 Web page search limit, to $500 annually with up to 50,000 Web sites. Comparatively, pricing for Google Mini, a combination of hardware and software Google introduced a few years ago, is a charge of at least $1,995 annually, according to the statement.