Google Custom Search - Create your own Search Engine

Google custom search is a tool that allows website owners to create custom search engines which allow users to search through the content of their webpages. Google custom search is very similar to Yahoo Search Builder and Live Search Box but is easily the most popular due to Google’s dominance in the internet search market.

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Customizable Search and Editions

Google custom search allows users to customize which sites or individual webpages are searched, the branding and even the colours of results to match the look and feel of your existing website. The standard edition generates an advertisement supported search engine while for a fee a business edition allows users to remove the advertisements on search result pages. Government agencies, universities, schools and non-profit enterprises are allowed to use the business edition for free.

Configuring Google Custom Search

Setting up Google up a custom search engine is as easy as signing up for a Google account if you don’t already have one and following a simple two step process for naming and customizing your engine. All custom search engines created are saved to your Google account and can be tracked and modified easily when ready.