Comments on: CSE stuff

By: Sophie

Sophie — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 20:51:07 +0000

very interesting stuff. is it possible to make the page show only the results without the ads above them?

By: Ajit Gupta

Ajit Gupta — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 03:04:24 +0000

Made a search engine for finding CSE’s. It searches the entire google directory and any other CSE’s submitted to me.You can use it from
http://cse.search.googlepages.com
or
http://coopsearch.blogspot.com/
feel free to add your CSE too.

By: D Sarathy

D Sarathy — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:41:15 +0000

Matt,

According to Seth Godin, generally search results provide clues to the user. So his Squidoo is an attempt to provide meaning to the users on various topics. I find CSE to be in the same line, ie, provide meaning to the users on various topics. Though both seems to be different (as of now) by their own merits, don’t you feel that both be heading towards the same destination (ie providing meaning) eventually? Or I’m I missing something?

D Sarathy.
RankQuest

By: Michael Martinez

Michael Martinez — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 17:23:11 +0000

Well, while I like having a science fiction search engine (and I added over 100 large content sites that should be favored), it does seem to get stuck on some sites for very specific queries. I think the weighting is a little TOO favorable for the included sites.

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 21:10:46 +0000

Matt,

Quick question. Using the CSE control panel you can change the link colors. Using the XML Context (Advanced tab), you seem to be able to do the same thing.

I wondered if there was a way to change other things? Making links bold or italic, removing the table and using pure CSS for the layout instead?

Thanks.

Leo

By: Grimmthething

Grimmthething — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 05:00:08 +0000

I started another compilation of cse’s
http://www.grimmthething.com/other/cse.htm

and a google gadget of them.
http://www.google.com/ig/add?moduleurl=http://www.grimmthething.com/googmods/customsearch.xml

By: Beacon

Beacon — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:34:58 +0000

That may just be a browser issue.. What browser are you using, you may want to try the new Firefox 2.0 but I heard that some SEO extensions don’t work with it yet which is why I haven’t gotten it yet..

Thanks,
Brad

By: Fiona

Fiona — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 10:47:51 +0000

i really like the custom search, but one small gripe..

it doesnt change links colour when a result has been visited so i find myself going back into things i have already seen

maybe just me being a bit thick though………

By: Sébastien Billard

Sébastien Billard — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 08:28:10 +0000

Hi Matt,

I think there is some bug in Google CSE : I have set up a CSE about theravada buddhism available here : http://s.billard.free.fr/dhamma/

There is one website that is specially pertinent for me, that is dhammastudygroup.org. I included this domain in my CSE, using the option ” Include all pages that start with this URL”. But in the result pages of my CSE, only the root domain appear, not all pages of this domain, whereas the regular Google has many pages indexed under this domain : http://www.google.fr/search?sourceid=navclient&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2006-16,GGLG:fr&q=site%3Adhammastudygroup%2Eorg

By: Richard Ball

Richard Ball — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 05:27:36 +0000

Hi Matt, do you think there’ll be any AdWords upgrades related to CSEs? I’m thinking a CSE-targeted campaign option, somewhat akin to the existing site-targeting for the content network, but keyword and CPC based. I’d imagine this would be particularly useful for B2B advertisers. IOW, a keyword-targeted campaign where you could pick and choose individual CSEs to run ads on. If it happens, let me know. Thanks.