Because of this, I've been working a light-weight search-engine to sift through the Django source code:
http://www.djangocodesearch.com
Hopefully it'll help you find the code you're looking for, fast.
In regards to vertical search, I feel like the biggest barrier to competing with G/Y/M is the relative difficulty a user has to go through to reach the actual search page before entering in the information. If its more than a few key strokes away, then the user has a natural tendency to resort to the Big 3 engine which are situated conveniently in their search bar.
Adding a Firefox Keyword Search would definitely be a step in the right direction, but unfortunately the other browsers don't have that facility.