The entire Google live search method in the Deskbar is now defunct; as Google discontinued the API key signups. The link you posted was for a Google Base search service; which does not include Google Web search results. Google Base is a search service for selling and listing products.
The SOAP API Google provided for the deskbar applet was replaced with a new AJAX API, which is incompatible with the applet. Essentially, the functionality in the deskbar may never come back. ** Changed in: deskbar-applet (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- Deskbar-Applet instructions for enabling Google live search are out of date https://launchpad.net/bugs/77452 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs