Hi folks, I know there's been a bit of confusion on this. It *is* possible to create a CSE that will search the whole web, but it's a little tricky. We've put together a help center article to describe the process (this is why I didn't respond sooner): http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1210656
I hope this helps - please let us know if you have any further questions. Regarding the limit of 100 queries per day for the Custom Search API ( http://code.google.com/apis/customsearch/v1/overview.html): Instead of having to purchase Google Site Search for more quota, it's now possible to now "Enable billing" right in the APIs Console ( http://code.google.com/apis/console) when you need more quota. The pricing is in line with Google Site Search, but we hope the purchasing flow is a bit more convenient. More info on this can be found here: http://code.google.com/apis/console-help/#Billing Cheers, Adam On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:52 PM, omr <[email protected]> wrote: > > "... While you can set up a CSE [to search a specified] site > > ... and then use the control panel to remove that site, > > the CSE still won't search the web in general." [?] > > It will, if you select the option I mentioned: > On the "Basics" page of the CSE control panel, scroll down to find: > > "Preferences": > "How to search included sites": > "Search the entire web but emphasize included sites." > > That option sets the CSE to search the web > (even if you delete any specific "included sites"). > > [Technical note (for completeness): > The "entire web" option changes the CSE's background inclusion "label" > to "BOOST" mode (instead of the default "FILTER" mode). That label's > definition can be found in the CSE XML specification ("context file"), > which can be downloaded via the Advanced page of the control panel.] > > The CSE documentation doesn't go into much detail about the "entire > web" search option. Currently the "Getting Started" chapter of the > Developer Guide says: > > > "... You can restrict the search to sites [...] that you select, or you > can create a junior Google that emphasizes certain sites. ..." > > Note that last point: "... You can create a junior Google that > emphasizes certain sites. ..." Clearly, this refers to the "entire > web" option. > > But as we've seen, that option apparently works even if you delete > your "included sites" -- in this case the CSE searches the web > *without* any *specified* site 'bias'. In this case, the search > results obtained may be roughly comparable to (though not exactly the > same as) regular web search. ... (Apparently the documentation does > not further discuss this?) > > (These are just my observations. I'm not an expert. If anything more > needs to be said here about the use of the "entire web" CSE search > option, then I hope someone from Google can comment. Please also note > my Disclaimer below.) > > . > > Jeremy Geerdes wrote: > > "... My guess is that the reference link omr provided is grandfathered > in." > > No. I created that CSE today. > > http://www.google.com/cse/home?cx=006546854575108700448:t98uaijhwfu > > (BTW, an apology: That CSE was temporarily broken between about 5:40 > and 5:45 PM Pacific time today. Sorry. It's fixed and working again > now.) > > (That CSE will be deleted soon. It's just a temporary demo for the > purposes of this discussion.) > > . > > DISCLAIMER: > > The foregoing information is posted as-is, with no warranty. I'm not > liable for your use of this information. As always it is your > responsibility to comply with all requirements and terms that apply to > you. > > -- 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. > > -- 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.
