Posted by: Matt Wytock and Vrishali Wagle, Software Engineers Today, we announced Google Site Search, a hosted website search product that takes advantage of the Custom Search platform to offer high quality search to any website. Google Site Search int…
Posted by: Tania Bedrax-Weiss, Software EngineerIf you’ve ever wanted to let your users only see content that is free to use and share (such as through Creative Commons), here are a few tips on how to do it. Assuming you’ve indicated the CC license in …
Posted by: Phil Liao, Software EngineerLast month we demonstrated how to specify URL patterns in your CSE. We now explain another powerful concept in Custom Search: labels, which are also known as refinements. Labels are typically displayed above the s…
Posted by: Talia Brodecki, AdSense Product MarketingIf you’re currently making money from CSE with AdSense, here are a few optimization tips to help you improve your current performance. (If you’re not already earning money this way, scroll down to lea…
Posted by: Christine Moschella, Online OperationsCustom Search Engines (CSEs) are powerful tools for searching over the pages of your site, as well as providing links to your favorite resources across the web. Because they provide great search function…
Posted by: Vrishali Wagle, Software EngineerCreating a basic Custom Search Engine (CSE) is very easy. You enter a list of sites, select a few basic preferences, and you are done, right? But in fact there’s more to Custom Search — consider it a very po…
Posted by: Vrishali Wagle, Software EngineerOver the past year, a number of you have asked to show only the matching refinements above Custom Search results. Today we’re announcing that very feature: You can have as many FacetItems as you like in the …
Posted by: Tom Duerig, Software EngineerMany folks have pointed out that all the results on the page — both the search results and the advertisements — should be appropriately customized so that the ads are in sync with the search results. We are hap…