As discussed in the IRC channel earlier today, this is a known issue with the API, where the API does not always return the same results as a standard google.com search. The problem is exacerbated by the use of search operators such as site: . The workaround is to set up a Custom Search Engine (CSE) that's restricted to your site and then restrict the Search API to your CSE.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com [email protected] If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! On Sep 7, 2010, at 3:16 PM, Tyler wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > Having some weirdness with the AJAX Search API. > > I can't get it to return results for me at all, but only for a certain > website. When I go to google.com and search for "site:mysite.com my > search term" I get all the results I expect to get. > > However, none of those results are returned by the AJAX Search API. I > am building this search for a relatively new website (2 weeks old), > would that have something to do with this? I have added a sitemap and > everything to webmaster tools, so I know Google is crawling the site. > > I've tried the exact same code with another website I run and it works > just fine, I get all the results I would expect, it's just not working > for this new site. > > Can anyone offer any suggestions? > > Thanks! > Tyler > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
