February 2nd, 2012 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search, Uncategorized
Good news for Google Site Search owners who manage multiple Google Site Search engines! You can now share query quota between paid GSS and free Custom Search engines.This may be useful for you if you pay for a quota with Google Site Search and yo…
January 24th, 2012 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search, Uncategorized
Our users have been telling us that while they love the concept of on-demand indexing, manually entering URLs or keeping a Sitemap up to date is too cumbersome. A new year brings a new and improved solution. If you are a Webmaster Tools ver…
January 13th, 2012 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search, Uncategorized
The Custom Search engineers spent 2011 launching great features. But we still hear from our users that our documentation could do with improvement. We hear you. Today we’re launching some updates to our docs:Comprehensive JavaScript reference for the…
December 9th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Custom Search Autocompletions allow you to add to the list of useful queries users see as they type in the search box. Today we are announcing two major improvements. Promotions in Autocomplete:Promotions are a great way to call special attention to a …
December 1st, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search, Uncategorized
Since the launch of Custom Search in 2006, CSE has powered searches on a broad range of sites on the web. Until now, those CSEs have only returned text-based results, but in some cases images can be a much faster, easier and more visually appealing way…
November 22nd, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Custom Search promotions enable you to put relevant information at the top of your search results for specific queries.Today, we’re announcing several new features to give you more flexibility on how and when to trigger them.Regular expressions: Use …
November 10th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
In August we transitioned all Google-hosted Custom Search Engines to the Custom Search Element. Now we are transitioning iframe CSEs as well. No work is required from CSE owners. Moving from the iframe option to the Element enables those CSEs to take a…
November 8th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
As we announced in our Official Google Blog post, Custom Search technology is powering the new National Resource Directory (NRD) job search engine of more than 500,000 job openings from employers around the country. This initiative is a creative applic…
November 1st, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
A picture is worth more than a thousand words when it helps search users choose the result they want. With this in mind, some webmasters have gone to a lot of effort providing thumbnails in rich snippets to improve the presentation and usability of the…
October 12th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Many Custom Search users also regularly use Webmaster Tools. To make their lives more convenient, we’ve added a “Custom Search” feature to the Labs section of Webmaster Tools. This allows you to change your basic configuration, including the list…
September 27th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Google Analytics Site Search reports provide extensive data on how people search your site once they are already on it. You can see initial searches, refinements, search trends, which pages they searched from, where they ended up, and conversion …
September 19th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Custom Search users have long been able to create Richer Snippets by adding Pagemaps to their webpages. Today we’re enabling direct submission of Pagemaps via either Sitemaps or On-Demand Indexing requests. This means you no longer have to modify …
August 10th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
Two months ago we announced that all Google-hosted Custom Search Engines would be upgraded to use the Element. We’re happy to report that that transition is now complete for all Custom Search users. Those that visit the Control Panel will find bett…
July 18th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
We’ve been hard at work making improvements to the Google Custom Search Element that will enhance the look and feel of search results when users type into your custom search query box. You’ll see some of the fruits of these labors starting today. W…
June 30th, 2011 | by Custom Search Team | published in Google Custom Search
When we launched On-Demand Indexing in Custom Search, our goal was to make it possible for you to include your new and changed pages quickly in your website’s search results. Since then, we’ve improved indexing freshness and doubled On-Demand index…
