Announcing Autocompletions for Google Site Search
May 19th, 2010 | Published in Google Enterprise
One of our most popular feature requests has been to add autocompletion of queries to Google Site Search. In recent months, many top websites have begun to provide search suggestions as you type, an innovative feature users are coming to expect as part of a quality search experience. Today, we announced at Google I/O that you can now enable query autocompletions for your search engine.
Travelocity.com is one of the first Google Site Search customers to implement autocompletions on their website. By doing so, they have provided an easy way for Travelocity users to explore and discover new destinations by suggesting the most popular queries based on the first few letters the user inputs.
To turn this feature on, please check the "Enable autocompletions" option in the Basics tab of your search engine. It may take several hours to start seeing autocompletions once you enabled them in the control panel.
For more information about how to turn on autocompletions for your Google Site Search engine, see our autocompletions Help Page.
Autocompletion is compatible with other new Google Site Search features including themes and mobile search capabilities – which can significantly enhance your users’ mobile experience. As with all Google Site Search features, every new development is rolled out free of charge for all customers.
You can learn more about these and other exciting new features by joining an upcoming webinar:
Google Site Search: 10 New Features to Put to Work on Your Site
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
10:00 a.m. PDT, 1:00 p.m. EDT, GMT 06:00
Register here
Posted by Clay Maffett, Enterprise Search team