The search box as a findability (design) concept

Fair to say that without a “search box” there is no enterprise search? That being true, consider Designing The Holy Search Box: Examples And Best Practices, yet another interesting design compilation/distillation article from Smashing Magazine. True, this is not The Big Wroblewski (the form abides, dude), but it’s a pretty good read on what to think about when designing, labeling and positioning a basic search form.