In the current 1.0 implementation, the SearchEkko plugin simply puts an expanded widget at the end of each post. It also adds a collapsed widget after the first paragraph on longer articles. The widget is only added to single-post pages, not your home page. You can get the SearchEkko plugin as follows: Also, you can modify the CSS of the widget as shown here.
Remember, the SearchEkko widget will only show up if you arrive at your web page from a search engine (Yahoo, Bing, or Google).