Thanks Jeremy and omr... Creating a CSE has worked perfectly...
On Jun 30, 8:04 pm, omr <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Jeremy's suggestion: > Consider creating a Custom Search Engine (CSE) to search your site. > > I see that you have already created a Sitemap. > You can also use "On-Demand Indexing" (see below) > to promote availability of desired results from your CSE. > > . > > Explore the Custom Search Engine documentation: > > http://www.google.com/cse/docs/http://code.google.com/apis/customsearch/docs/start.htmlhttp://www.google.com/support/customsearch/ > > . > > See also this documentation about On-Demand Indexing: > > http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/topic.py?topic=16792http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?answer=115959http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?answer=115958 > > As noted in that documentation, On-Demand Indexing quotas vary; with > the lowest stated limit applying to free CSEs, while increased on- > demand indexing quotas are available (among other additional features) > for paid "Site Search" accounts. > > (Note: Quoting from the documentation, "... If you submit a Sitemap > that contains more pages than your quota allows for on-demand > indexing, Google will prioritize the pages according to the > information in your Sitemap. ...") > > . > > If you want more information about the features and benefits of paid > "Site Search" accounts, explore this documentation: > > http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/topic.py?topic=11503 > > . > > To create your CSE, start here: > > http://www.google.com/cse/manage/create > > There you will be asked to read and agree to the Custom Search Terms > of Service. > > http://www.google.com/cse/docs/tos.html > > When you finish creating your CSE, you will be given code for your > search box. The default code gives you the "Custom Search Element", > which uses the "Custom Search Control" object of the AJAX Search API. > You can change some presentation options (or try a different > implementation) through the "Look and feel" page of the CSE control > panel. > > Alternatively, perhaps you may instead decide to continue using the > Web Search code that you already have on your site. As Jeremy > suggested, you can simply pass your CSE identifier (instead of your > domain name) to the setSiteRestriction method. (You can find your CSE > identifier on the "Basics" page of the CSE control panel.) > > To set up On-Demand Indexing, go to the "Indexing" page of the CSE > control panel, specify your Sitemap and click "Index Now". > > http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?answer=115959 > > . > > After creating your CSE you can access a wide variety of options > through the control panel interface. (Refer to CSE documentation for > information about the available options.) > > One way to reach the control panel is as follows: Go to your Google > Account settings. In the "My Products" section you'll find a link > labeled "Custom Search", followed by a link labeled "My Search > Engines". Find your CSE listed on the "My Search Engines" page and > click the "control panel" link. > > (Note: It is possible to create more than one CSE in your account. > All CSEs created in your account will be listed on the "My Search > Engines" page.) > > For quick and convenient access to the "My Search Engines" page, you > may want to bookmark this direct link: > > http://www.google.com/cse/manage/all > > . > > Visit the Custom Search Help discussion forum: > > http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearchhttp://www.google.com/support/forum/p/customsearch/browse > > . > > (Disclaimer: I'm just another interested user. I'm not affiliated > with Google Inc. Any personal views and opinions expressed or > implied, and any errors or omissions herein, are mine, and do not > reflect on Google.) > > -- omr -- 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.
