Advanced Custom Search Configuration

Posted by: Rajat Mukherjee, Group Product Manager

Here's the presentation on Advanced Custom Search Configuration from Google I/O. You can navigate it with the help of a convenient timeline at YouTube, or download the presentation in PDF format. The talk features Nick Weininger from the Custom Search team on how to create a contextual search experience in minutes, along with details of the Custom Search APIs, including:

• Context and Annotations
• Advanced features, e.g., Promotions, Synonyms and XML results
• RESTful URLs for managing Custom Search engines
• Provisioning API for partners
• Linked Custom Search
• Rich snippets and metadata - pagemaps, microformats and RDFa
• The Blogger search gadget
• The Custom Search Web Element

In addition, Mark Nichoson from Adobe talked about Adobe Community Help, a customized search application that's available within apps in Adobe's Creative Suite 4. Joel Brandt from Adobe followed up with a description of Blueprint, an innovative application that integrates Custom Search into the Flex development environment.

For more information, please check out the Custom Search developer guide.