How to create Google Custom Search for your website
People love your website. It has great articles , photos and video. But going through all the content to find what you are looking for can take a long time , so how do u make a great website , even better ? Simple: Google Custom Search, it’s a Google search box under site that delivers fast and relevant search results letting visitors quickly and concisely search your website . Customize the look and feel to match your site design. You can search a one website or a specific topic across multiple websites. Use it for free with ads , or try out the premium service. For all types of website whether they are big , medium or small. Help your visitors find information they need easier and faster with Google Custom Search.In this article you will learn how to create Google Custom Search for your website.
Google Custom Search
In order to make a Google Custom Search you need to visit their official Google Custom Search page here
On that page it will ask you to Enter the site name to start as shown in the figure below :
You can add any of the following
- Individual pages: www.example.com/page.html
- Entire site: www.mysite.com/*
- Parts of site: www.example.com/docs/* or www.example.com/docs/
- Entire domain: *.example.com
And when you are ready click "Create" to create a search engine for your site.
After that you will see a Congratulations message on your screen and with three options as shown in below pic. :
You can click on get code to add it on your website and it will give you a HTML code that you can put on your website.
Also you can check it on web how it looks
You can also click on control panel to edit you search engine :
Here you have 4 settings level :
- Setup
In setup you have four type of settings :
Basic - Provide basic details and preferences for your search engine like Search engine name,Search engine description,Search engine keywords,Your search engine ID.You can also add more Sites to search from this section.
Make Money - You make money when users click on an ad they see in your search results by connecting your account to Google Adsense.Admin - Here you Add a user to your custom search engine. This user will be able to add sites, refinements, and promotions, but won't be able to add other users or access the Make Money tab.
Advanced - Your custom search engine consists of annotations and context. Annotations specify which sites are included or excluded in your search engine. A context specifies a complete search engine - everything from "look and feel" upto "how annotations should be used".
- Look and feel
In Look and feel you have four type of settings :
Layout - Set the layout of your search engine. Click the save button to publish your changes.
Themes - Set the theme of your search engine. Click the save button to publish your changes.
Customize - Customize the look and feel of your search engine. Click the save button to publish your changes.
Thumbnails - Here you can enable or disable thumbnail images in search results. - Search features
In Search features you have four type of settings :
Promotions - Create a promotion to display a specific link at the top of search results.You can click on add to make your own promotion.Refinements - Let users filter results according to categories you provide.
Autocomplete - Enabling autocomplete helps users get results quickly by displaying useful queries as soon as they start typing in the search box.
Synonyms - You can expand your user's search queries by using synonyms, which are variants of a search term.
Advanced - Here you can enable or disable advanced search features like Result sorting,Websearch settings,Websearch restricts,Imagesearch settings.
- Setup
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