Google Custom Search Plugin

Google Custom Search plugin allows you to add a search box to your site for a custom search provided by Google and shown in your own blog. The advantage of using this plugin is that the search results will be provided by Google and their great search engine. The results are drawn from only the websites you specify when setting your search engine up at Google. You will also be able to earn money from the ads Google shows in the search results.

What you need to do:

  1. Create a custom search engine at Google, entering your blog in the list of sites to search.
  2. After doing that, you will be able to manage your engine.
  3. Choose the look and feel of your search box and search results, matching your blog's design
  4. Go to the code tab, choose "Host results on your website" and "iframe".
  5. Enter your blog address/generic.cfm as the URL where the results should appear
  6. Choose the ads placement
  7. Copy the Search Box code and the Search Results code and save for later.
  8. Active the plugin in your blog admin
  9. Go to Settings > Google Search
  10. Paste the Search Box code and the Search Results code in the text areas provided.

You can paste the box code as is or customize the HTML to match your blog's design.

2 responses to "Google Custom Search Plugin"

Mark Aplet

Mark Aplet  on October 11, 2008

That's awesome Laura! It was pretty easy to set up. Just a Note: You may want to link to this page from your blog post. It took me 10 minutes to find this page again once I lost it the first time.
Laura

Laura  on October 12, 2008

Yes, somehow, the post lost the link it was supposed to have at the end.

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