Word Usage – Correct Use of ‘Is’ or ‘Are’?

Thr Jamaican use of "well" (meaning very), is starting to be used by lots more young British, (mostly Londoners). But don't use the expression if you don't want to be ridiculed like the adults in the TV series, Absolutely Fabulous. You'd need to be young, British or Caribbean, extremely cool and know more Rastafarian/London street-talk, and use the right accent before you speak like this:

In sahf London, you may well hear someone say: "She's well fit."

This would not refer to her state of health.

from http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/mbradio4/html/NF2766781?thread=6898274

[FWIW, "fit" means attractive, sexy]

OTOH,

"Your shot was well long of the hole." "He fell well short of his goals." "She's a well fed woman."

are all used in Standard English.

The first sentence, using "in search of", is the correct one.

1. "in search of" is an idiomatic phrase, equivalent to "searching for". These mean the same thing:

   I am in search of a good pair of shoes.

   I am searching for a good pair of shoes.

2. "in search for" is not strictly correct English; there should be an article ("a" or "the") before "search". Leaving articles out is common when trying to be brief, like in news headlines, as seen in Maulik V's answer:

   FBI involved in search for brothers missing in Matamoros.

   The FBI is involved in the [or a] search for two brothers who are missing in Matamoros.

These other two cases are not directly relevant to your specific question, but may help to clarify general uses of "search of/for", when not preceded by "in".

3. "search for X" means that X is the thing you're trying to find.
4. "search of X" means that X is the location where you're searching.

   My sunglasses are missing. A search of my car did not find them. The search for my sunglasses is still going.