Sub SearchBot()

    'dimension (declare or set aside memory for) our variables
    Dim objIE As InternetExplorer 'special object variable representing the IE browser
    Dim aEle As HTMLLinkElement 'special object variable for an <a> (link) element
    Dim y As Integer 'integer variable we'll use as a counter
    Dim result As String 'string variable that will hold our result link

    'initiating a new instance of Internet Explorer and asigning it to objIE
    Set objIE = New InternetExplorer

    'make IE browser visible (False would allow IE to run in the background)
    objIE.Visible = True

    'navigate IE to this web page (a pretty neat search engine really)
    objIE.navigate "https://duckduckgo.com"

    'wait here a few seconds while the browser is busy
    Do While objIE.Busy = True Or objIE.readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Loop

    'in the search box put cell "A2" value, the word "in" and cell "C1" value
    objIE.document.getElementById("search_form_input_homepage").Value = _
      Sheets("Sheet1").Range("A2").Value & " in " & Sheets("Sheet1").Range("C1").Value

    'click the 'go' button
    objIE.document.getElementById("search_button_homepage").Click

    'wait again for the browser
    Do While objIE.Busy = True Or objIE.readyState <> 4: DoEvents: Loop

    'the first search result will go in row 2
    y = 2

    'for each <a> element in the collection of objects with class of 'result__a'...
    For Each aEle In objIE.document.getElementsByClassName("result__a")

        '...get the href link and print it to the sheet in col C, row y
        result = aEle
        Sheets("Sheet1").Range("C" & y).Value = result

        '...get the text within the element and print it to the sheet in col D
        Sheets("Sheet1").Range("D" & y).Value = aEle.innerText
        Debug.Print aEle.innerText

        'is it a yellowpages link?
        If InStr(result, "yellowpages.com") > 0 Or InStr(result, "yp.com") > 0 Then
            'make the result red
            Sheets("Sheet1").Range("C" & y).Interior.ColorIndex = 3
            'place a 1 to the left
            Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B" & y).Value = 1
        End If

        'increment our row counter, so the next result goes below
        y = y + 1

    'repeat times the # of ele's we have in the collection
    Next

    'add up the yellowpages listings
    Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B1").Value = _
      Application.WorksheetFunction.Sum(Sheets("Sheet1").Range("B2:B100"))

    'close the browser
    objIE.Quit

'exit our SearchBot subroutine
End Sub