Custom Search Engine

We're happy to announce that Custom Search Engine (CSE) owners can now use Knowledge Graph entities to configure their CSE.  The Knowledge Graph (KG) is used by Google Search to help users di...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2019/07/bringing-power-of-knowledge-graph-to.html

For our power users that are interested in customizing the rendering of search results beyond what is possible through our standard controls in the Custom Search Engine control panel, we are int...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2019/06/introducing-callbacks-for-even-more.html

We are pleased to announce a new mobile layout that should provide an improved experience for mobile device users. We’ve changed the look of the search box and refinements, increased the size ...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2019/04/improving-our-mobile-layout.html

We are excited to announce an expansion of our Custom Search Engine offerings. We offer the following implementation options for Custom Search Engine. Standard Search Element - This free, ads ...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2018/07/expanding-our-custom-search-engine.html

If you are a nonprofit or a school looking for high quality, customizable search experiences for your site, organization, or school, we are excited to announce that Custom Search Engine is now i...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2017/07/improving-our-offering-for-nonprofits.html

We have several important announcements that may affect your Custom Search Engine or may require you to make changes to your Custom Search Engine. Please read this post carefully. Custom Sear...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2017/02/refocusing-and-looking-forward-on.html

We are happy to announce the integration of Google Custom Search with the schema.org standard. Schema.org is a structured data markup schema including a shared markup schema vocabulary that is ...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2014/03/create-search-engine-with-schemaorg.html

Did you know that a topical search engine can help your users find content from more than a single domain? You can use your expertise to provide a delightful user experience targeting a particul...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2013/12/use-your-expertise-build-topical-search.html

Custom Search provides upto 5000 URL patterns to define a “slice” of the web to search over. However, if you’re creating a Custom Search Engine on a topic, such as “global warming”, fi...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2013/10/bootstrapping-your-cses-starting-from_21.html

Have a CSE to search over your favorite topic (e.g. cars)? Here is a new feature to help you expand your CSE’s definition. This feature recommends more url patterns relevant to the ones you al...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2013/09/have-cse-to-search-over-your-favorite.html

WE’RE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE A NEW, MODERN DESIGN FOR THE CONTROL PANEL IN KEEPING WITH PRIOR USER EXPERIENCE CHANGES TO CUSTOM SEARCH. YOU’LL ALSO FIND A MORE INTUITIVE LAYOUT TO THE VARIOUS ...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2013/03/a-new-look-for-custom-search-control.html

Simplicity and speed are two principles we love when it comes to design at Google. Today, we’re excited to announce the new CSE layout that displays results in an overlay, on top of any content...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2013/01/a-simple-yet-powerful-custom-search.html

Custom Search Engine (CSE) allows you to incorporate rich search functionality into your website. You do this by adding specific HTML markup - known as the Custom Search element - to web pages o...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/08/introducing-custom-search-element-v2.html

As we continue to improve the look and feel of Google Custom Search Engine (CSE), today we’re announcing a change in how ads are displayed on CSE search results pages. Currently ads in CSE ...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/06/ads-background-colors-in-custom-search.html

Using Custom Search Engine (CSE), you can create rich search experiences that make it easier for visitors to find the information they’re looking for on your site. Today we’re announcing two...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/05/sorting-and-filtering-results-in-custom.html

We’re excited to announce that starting today, we are providing a new results style that’s more modern and streamlined, based on the evolving Google design and experience across Google prope...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/03/new-look-for-custom-search-results-plus.html

Last year we added image results  to Google Custom Search Engines to enable sites to offer image-only results that showcase photos and other digital images. For site owners who want more flexib...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/02/image-results-now-available-from-custom.html

Good news for Google Site Search owners who manage multiple Google Site Search engines!  You can now share query quota between paid GSS and free Custom Search engines. This may be useful for...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/02/businesses-share-google-site-search.html

Our users have been telling us that while they love the concept of on-demand indexing , manually entering URLs or keeping a Sitemap up to date is too cumbersome.  A new year brings a new and im...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/01/new-and-easy-way-to-add-new-pages-to.html

The Custom Search engineers spent 2011 launching great features. But we still hear from our users that our documentation could do with improvement. We hear you. Today we’re launching some updat...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2012/01/custom-search-javascript-api-is-now.html

Custom Search Autocompletions allow you to add to the list of useful queries users see as they type in the search box. Today we are announcing two major improvements. Promotions in Autocomple...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2011/12/improvements-to-autocomplete.html

Since the launch of Custom Search in 2006, CSE has powered searches on a broad range of sites on the web. Until now, those CSEs have only returned text-based results, but in some cases images ca...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2011/12/image-results-for-your-custom-search.html

Custom Search promotions enable you to put relevant information at the top of your search results for specific queries. Today, we’re announcing several new features to give you more flexibi...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2011/11/more-flexibility-for-promotions.html

In August we transitioned all Google-hosted Custom Search Engines to the Custom Search Element. Now we are transitioning iframe CSEs as well. No work is required from CSE owners. Moving from the...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2011/11/iframe-custom-search-engines-are.html

As we announced in our Official Google Blog post , Custom Search technology is powering the new National Resource Directory (NRD) job search engine of more than 500,000 job openings from employe...

http://customsearch.googleblog.com/2011/11/power-of-structured-search-new-job.html