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Monday, 26 February 2007

Better branding part I

Posted on 13:39 by Unknown
Posted by: Jennifer Hyman, Product Marketing Manager

In our constant quest to simplify things, we've made a small, but important change to the language you see from Google on Custom Search Engine search results pages. Now, instead of the long string of text that previously said "Google search results customized by [XYZ site] using Google Co-op," you'll see a small Google logo with the words Custom Search. We think this new branding is an improvement both in design and clarity -- not only do the search results look better, but it should be clearer to your users that they're benefiting from Google CSE.

Later this week, we plan to roll out some additional branding options for your search boxes, and hope you like our first attempt to improve the look and feel and of your CSE.
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Wednesday, 21 February 2007

Site search gets supplemental

Posted on 07:19 by Unknown
Posted by: Patrick Riley, Software Engineer

One of the common uses of Custom Search Engines is to provide site search. A number of users have suggested that we can improve Custom Search for this application by also including supplemental results in Custom Search Engine's results. We put fewer constraints on what pages go into our supplemental index and therefore there are many pages which are available only there. This is our first step to give you more results. If your search engine operates as a filter and has three sites or less or your search engine includes the whole web, you'll get supplemental results as well. For example, take a look at the Hanayama Puzzle Store search engine I've created. Hanayama makes some great puzzles, but they aren't always so easy to find. The queries "hanayama baroq" (possibly my favorite puzzle of all time) and "hanayama laby" only return supplemental results in this search engine. Check out the FAQ entry about supplemental results for more information.
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Wednesday, 14 February 2007

Here's some love for our Custom Search friends

Posted on 09:16 by Unknown
Posted by: Mike Cancel, Community Manager


Since it launched in October, we've been pleasantly surprised by the nice ecosystem that has built up around Custom Search Engines. Here are some of the more interesting resources we've found outside Google that you might find useful. Happy V-Day from us to you!

Tools
Add CSE to browser (firefox and IE)

Importing del.icio.us bookmarks for CSE (aka Vik's tool)

Lijit: Personal Network Search


Lists
Finding Google Custom Search Engines

List Your Custom Search Indexes


Directories
CSE Links Directory

CustomSearchEngine.com - the directory of Google Custom Search Engines

Guide to Custom Search Engines

Workarounds
Using ASP.NET site with CSE

Google Custom Search Results Page on Your Wordpress with Adsense Deluxe

How to save search queries on Google Custom Search Engine

Google Co-op - An Intro & Some Insider Hacks
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