Not what you asked but may be useful nevertheless.
Of course you can do the same thing with matrix formulas. Just read the result of the cell that contains:
Cell A1="Text to search"
Cells A2:C20=Range to search for
=COUNT(SEARCH(A1;A2:C20;1))
Remember that entering matrix formulas needs CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER, not just ENTER. After, it should look like :
{=COUNT(SEARCH(A1;A2:C20;1))}