Comment by MattPalmer1086

Boyer Moore is OK, but there are better algorithms available. The simpler Horspool variant is usually a fair bit faster and also easier to implement. For short strings, e.g. less than 12 character, the ShiftOr algorithm is hard to beat. I've spent quite a bit of time writing and profiling different search algorithms as part of the byteseek project on GitHub. Let me know if you'd like details on other possible options.