diff --git a/geonode/layers/models.py b/geonode/layers/models.py
index ed019b06821..4ce7694c3d4 100644
--- a/geonode/layers/models.py
+++ b/geonode/layers/models.py
@@ -271,6 +271,19 @@ def keyword_csv(self):
 
     class Meta:
         abstract = True
+        
+
+def add_bbox_query(q, bbox):
+    '''modify the queryset q to limit to the provided bbox
+    
+    bbox - 4 tuple of floats representing x0,x1,y0,y1
+    returns the modified query
+    '''
+    q = q.filter(bbox_x0__gte=bbox[0])
+    q = q.filter(bbox_x1__lte=bbox[1])
+    q = q.filter(bbox_y0__gte=bbox[2])
+    return q.filter(bbox_y1__lte=bbox[3])
+
 
 class Layer(ResourceBase):
     """
diff --git a/geonode/layers/templates/layers/layer_search.html b/geonode/layers/templates/layers/layer_search.html
index 34e6cb2a2b4..7f58e06a9b4 100644
--- a/geonode/layers/templates/layers/layer_search.html
+++ b/geonode/layers/templates/layers/layer_search.html
@@ -79,14 +79,14 @@ <h3>{% trans "Selected Data" %}</h3>
 
 {% block extra_script %}
   <script type="text/html" id="searchResultsTemplate">
-    <%#rows%>
+    <%#results%>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="<%detail%>"><%title%></a></td>
       <td><a href="<%owner_detail%>"><%owner%></a></td>
       <td><abbr class="timeago" title="<%last_modified%>"><%last_modified%></abbr></td>
       <td><input class="asset-selector pull-right" data-name="<%name%>" data-type="layer" type="checkbox"></td>
     </tr>
-    <%/rows%>
+    <%/results%>
   </script>
   <script type="text/html" id="searchNoResultsTemplate">
     <tr>
diff --git a/geonode/layers/tests.py b/geonode/layers/tests.py
index ae3593974e0..dd28c4f185f 100644
--- a/geonode/layers/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/layers/tests.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ def test_search(self):
     def test_search_api(self):
         '''/data/search/api -> Test accessing the data search api JSON'''
         c = Client()
-        response = c.get('/data/search/api')
+        response = c.get('/search/api/data')
         self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code, 200)
 
     def test_describe_data(self):
diff --git a/geonode/layers/urls.py b/geonode/layers/urls.py
index e0139dbb23d..6bb187c0f4e 100644
--- a/geonode/layers/urls.py
+++ b/geonode/layers/urls.py
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
   url(r'^tag/(?P<slug>[-\w]+?)/$', 'layer_tag', name='layer_browse_tag'),
   url(r'^acls/?$', 'layer_acls', name='layer_acls'),
   url(r'^search/?$', 'layer_search_page', name='layer_search_page'),
-  url(r'^search/api/?$', 'layer_search', name='layer_search_api'),
   url(r'^upload$', 'layer_upload', name='layer_upload'),
   url(r'^download$', 'layer_batch_download', name='layer_batch_download'),
   url(r'^(?P<layername>[^/]*)$', 'layer_detail', name="layer_detail"),
diff --git a/geonode/maps/models.py b/geonode/maps/models.py
index d5813fcbee5..d85f1118227 100644
--- a/geonode/maps/models.py
+++ b/geonode/maps/models.py
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 
 from geonode.layers.models import Layer, TopicCategory
+from geonode.maps.signals import map_changed_signal
 from geonode.security.models import PermissionLevelMixin
 from geonode.security.models import AUTHENTICATED_USERS, ANONYMOUS_USERS
 from geonode.utils import GXPMapBase
@@ -109,7 +110,9 @@ def layers(self):
 
     @property
     def local_layers(self): 
-        return True
+        layer_names = MapLayer.objects.filter(map__id=self.id).values('name')
+        return Layer.objects.filter(typename__in=layer_names) | \
+               Layer.objects.filter(name__in=layer_names)
 
     def json(self, layer_filter):
         map_layers = MapLayer.objects.filter(map=self.id)
@@ -169,6 +172,7 @@ def source_for(layer):
             return conf["sources"][layer["source"]]
 
         layers = [l for l in conf["map"]["layers"]]
+        layer_names = set([l.typename for l in self.local_layers])
         
         for layer in self.layer_set.all():
             layer.delete()
@@ -180,6 +184,10 @@ def source_for(layer):
                 layer_from_viewer_config(
                     MapLayer, layer, source_for(layer), ordering
             ))
+
+        if layer_names != set([l.typename for l in self.local_layers]):
+            map_changed_signal.send_robust(sender=self,what_changed='layers')
+
         self.save()
 
     def keyword_list(self):
diff --git a/geonode/maps/signals.py b/geonode/maps/signals.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..13930d29733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geonode/maps/signals.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.dispatch import Signal
+
+map_changed_signal = Signal(providing_args=['what_changed'])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/geonode/maps/templates/maps/map_search.html b/geonode/maps/templates/maps/map_search.html
index fd7b30586cc..e2e84cb1531 100644
--- a/geonode/maps/templates/maps/map_search.html
+++ b/geonode/maps/templates/maps/map_search.html
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ <h2 class="page-title">{% trans "Search Maps" %}</h2>
 
 {% block extra_script %}
   <script type="text/html" id="searchResultsTemplate">
-    <%#rows%>
+    <%#results%>
     <tr>
       <td><a href="<%detail%>"><%title%></a></td>
       <td><a href="<%owner_detail%>"><%owner%></a></td>
       <td><abbr class="timeago" title="<%last_modified%>"><%last_modified%></abbr></td>
     </tr>
-    <%/rows%>
+    <%/results%>
   </script>
   <script type="text/html" id="searchNoResultsTemplate">
     <tr>
diff --git a/geonode/maps/tests.py b/geonode/maps/tests.py
index e160a44c212..2abda1376b4 100644
--- a/geonode/maps/tests.py
+++ b/geonode/maps/tests.py
@@ -526,16 +526,16 @@ def test_maps_search(self):
         map_id_2 = int(response['Location'].split('/')[-1])
         c.logout()
 
-        url = '/maps/search/api/?'
+        url = '/search/api/maps'
 
         # Test GET method
-        response = c.get(url, {'q': '', 'start': 1, 'limit': '', 'sort': '', 'dir': ''}, content_type="text/json")
+        response = c.get(url, {'q': '', 'start': 1}, content_type="text/json")
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code,200) 
         response_dict = json.loads(response.content)     
         self.assertEquals(response_dict['success'], True) 
 
         # Test POST method
-        response = c.post(url, {'q': '', 'start': 1, 'limit': '', 'sort': '', 'dir': ''}, content_type="text/json")
+        response = c.post(url, {'q': '', 'start': 1}, content_type="text/json")
         self.assertEquals(response.status_code,200) 
         response_dict = json.loads(response.content)     
         self.assertEquals(response_dict['success'], True)
diff --git a/geonode/maps/urls.py b/geonode/maps/urls.py
index 72ea400af7d..0170fc81e79 100644
--- a/geonode/maps/urls.py
+++ b/geonode/maps/urls.py
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
     url(r'^category/(?P<slug>[-\w]+?)/$', 'maps_category', name='maps_browse_category'),
     url(r'^tag/(?P<slug>[-\w]+?)/$', 'maps_tag', name='maps_browse_tag'),
     url(r'^search/?$', 'maps_search_page', name='maps_search'),
-    url(r'^search/api/?$', 'maps_search', name='maps_search_api'),
     url(r'^new$', 'new_map', name="new_map"),
     url(r'^new/data$', 'new_map_json', name='new_map_json'),
     url(r'^(?P<mapid>\d+)$', 'map_detail', name='map_detail'),
diff --git a/geonode/settings.py b/geonode/settings.py
index 80b7d63b303..5f683179baf 100644
--- a/geonode/settings.py
+++ b/geonode/settings.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@
     'geonode.people',
     'geonode.proxy',
     'geonode.security',
+    'geonode.search.backends.silage',
     'geonode.catalogue',
 )
 LOGGING = {
diff --git a/geonode/smoke_tests.py b/geonode/smoke_tests.py
index 4192c0cc475..860b2dbf0bb 100644
--- a/geonode/smoke_tests.py
+++ b/geonode/smoke_tests.py
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ def test_maps_search_api(self):
         '''Test Maps Search API page renders.'''
 
         c = Client()
-        response = c.get('/maps/search/api/')
+        response = c.get('/search/api/maps')
         self.failUnlessEqual(response.status_code, 200)
     
     def test_new_map_page(self):
diff --git a/geonode/tests/integration.py b/geonode/tests/integration.py
index 56aff89c142..08b26782ae1 100644
--- a/geonode/tests/integration.py
+++ b/geonode/tests/integration.py
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 
 LOGIN_URL= "/accounts/login/"
 
+import logging
+logging.getLogger("south").setLevel(logging.INFO)
 
 class GeoNodeCoreTest(TestCase):
     """Tests geonode.security app/module
@@ -328,94 +330,6 @@ def test_repeated_upload(self):
 
     # Search Tests
     
-    def test_metadata_search(self):
-        
-        # Test Empty Search [returns all results, should match len(Layer.objects.all())+5]
-        # +5 is for the 5 'default' records in GeoNetwork
-        test_url = "/data/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d"  % ("", 0, 10)
-        client = Client()
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(int(results["total"]), Layer.objects.count())
-        
-        # Test n0ch@nc3 Search (returns no results)
-        test_url = "/data/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d"  % ("n0ch@nc3", 0, 10)
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(int(results["total"]), 0)
-        
-        # Test Keyword Search (various search terms)
-        test_url = "/data/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d"  % ("NIC", 0, 10)
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-        #self.assertEquals(int(results["total"]), 3)
-
-        # This Section should be greatly expanded upon after uploading several
-        # Test layers. Issues found with GeoNetwork search should be 'documented'
-        # here with a Test Case
-
-        # Test BBOX Search (various bbox)
-        
-        # - Test with an empty query string and Global BBOX and validate that total is correct
-        test_url = "/data/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d&bbox=%s"  % ("", 0, 10, "-180,-90,180,90")
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-        self.assertEquals(int(results["total"]), Layer.objects.count())
-
-        # - Test with a specific query string and a bbox that is disjoint from its results
-        #test_url = "%sdata/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d&bbox=%s"  % (settings.SITEURL, "NIC", 0, 10, "0,-90,180,90")
-        #results = json.loads(get_web_page(test_url))
-        #self.assertEquals(int(results["total"]), 0) 
-
-        # - Many more Tests required
-
-        # Test start/limit params (do in unit test?)
-
-        # Test complex/compound Search
-
-        # Test Permissions applied to search from ACLs
-
-        # TODO Write a method to accept a perm_spec and query params
-        # and test that query results are returned respecting the
-        # perm_spec
-
-        # - Test with Anonymous User
-        perm_spec = {"anonymous":"_none","authenticated":"_none","users":[["admin","layer_readwrite"]]}
-        for layer in Layer.objects.all():
-            layer_set_permissions(layer, perm_spec)
-
-        test_url = "/data/search/api/?q=%s&start=%d&limit=%d"  % ("", 0, 10)
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-
-        for layer in results["rows"]:
-            if layer["_local"] == False:
-                # Ignore non-local layers
-                pass
-            else:
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["view"], False)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["change"], False)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["delete"], False)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["change_permissions"], False)
-
-        # - Test with Authenticated User
-        client = Client()
-        client.login(username='admin', password='admin')
-        resp = client.get(test_url)
-        results = json.loads(resp.content)
-        
-        for layer in results["rows"]:
-            if layer["_local"] == False:
-                # Ignore non-local layers
-                pass
-            else:
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["view"], True)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["change"], True)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["delete"], True)
-                self.assertEquals(layer["_permissions"]["change_permissions"], True)
-        
-        # Test that MAX_SEARCH_BATCH_SIZE is respected (in unit test?)
-    
     def test_search_result_detail(self):
         shp_file = os.path.join(gisdata.VECTOR_DATA, 'san_andres_y_providencia_poi.shp')
         shp_layer = file_upload(shp_file, overwrite=True)
@@ -427,6 +341,9 @@ def test_search_result_detail(self):
         client = Client()
         resp = client.get(test_url)
         results = resp.content
+        print results
+        print resp.status_code
+        assert resp.status_code == 200
         
         # Test with an invalid UUID (should return 404, but currently does not)
         uuid="xyz"
diff --git a/geonode/urls.py b/geonode/urls.py
index f67ed601f6b..bc98d4c656e 100644
--- a/geonode/urls.py
+++ b/geonode/urls.py
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@
 
     # Map views
     (r'^maps/', include('geonode.maps.urls')),
+    
+    # Search
+    (r'^search/', include('geonode.search.backends.silage.urls')),
 
     # Social
     (r'^comments/', include('dialogos.urls')),