Perfect - your a gent. Thanks for this :)
Simon On May 14, 12:26 pm, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.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 5:57 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
