The AJAX API is definitely a sound solution for this. I have used it myself many times. As for the rest of the googlygoop in my reply, the add a url form is pretty straight forward. Just follow the instructions. And the Webmaster Tools stuff will help you all along the way. The development of a sitemap (which Webmaster Tools will walk you through) will help, especially if the site will have a lot of content that changes frequently.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://jgeerdes.wordpress.com [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this communication are given in US dollars. If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On May 14, 2009, at 5:57 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Jeremy, > Thanks for the quick reply! I didnt even think out it not being > listed in google! I have done that now. > > To be honest most of the reply is gobblygook to me :) but from what > your saying for me to get the basic search feature to work im on the > right track as long as i meta tag and get all the pages listed > correctly. > I was just looking for the simplest solution for people to find items > on the website, were trying to develop the site in house and have > basic html knowledge, is the AJAX solution the best / easiest solution > for this? > > Thanks > Simon > > > On May 14, 11:40 am, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: >> It looks to me as though the AJAX part of the search is working >> properly, at least in FF. When I ran a couple of test searches on the >> CSE itself, they came back with no results, just as the overlay on >> your site does. When I run a search for site:www.tonic-studios.co.uk >> at google.com, it similarly comes back with no results, which would >> indicate to me that your site is probably not yet included in >> Google's >> index. There are a number of things that you can do to make sure that >> it gets included, including submitting the url to their "Add a URL" >> form (http://www.google.com/addurl/?hl=en), utilizing Google >> Webmaster Tools (http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools), and >> developing and submitting a sitemap (which can be done through >> Webmaster Tools). >> >> Hope this helps! >> >> Jeremy R. Geerdes >> Effective website design & development >> Des Moines, IA >> >> For more information or a project quote:http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp >> ://jgeerdes.blogspot.comhttp://jgeerdes.wordpress.com >> [email protected] >> >> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this >> communication are given in US dollars. >> >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights >> Wesleyan Church! >> >> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, >> athttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com >> ! >> >> On May 14, 2009, at 5:21 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >> >> >>> Sorry is this is too easy and i've missed something in the >>> documents. >> >>> I am working on a new website and I have used a template which I am >>> modifying. So far so good. The template came with a search feature >>> but when you use it it simply forwards you to google. Looking at >>> this >>> site I now have a API key and I have been through the wizard to get >>> the code to replace the existing code on the template. I took the >>> code and replaced the key= section with my key (hope this was >>> right as >>> it was not working). >> >>> This is the page with the code and key >>> http://www.tonic-studios.co.uk/google.html >> >>> The only problem is it doesn't find any results even if I type >>> things >>> I know are on the other pages. Am I being silly expecting it to >>> find >>> the other pages - do I need to compile the other pages for it to >>> search? Is what im doing reliant to search within just this website >>> (that's what I selected in the wizard). I find the google help a >>> little too complex for my level, which is just above nothing! >> >>> Thanks in advance! >>> Simon > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
