Comments on: Does Google Custom Search Get More Searches than Regular WordPress Search?

By: Amit

Amit — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:43:05 +0000

So this may be a little outdated given the time this post came out, but do any of you know if Google Search remains superior to WP search? Has WordPress improved it? I’m considering doing the switch and I’m wondering if it’s worth it…

By: Alastair Conditioning

Alastair Conditioning — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:39:03 +0000

I’m very suprised that more people used the Google search, I wonder if it would produce the same findings on other blogs? I would still stick with wordpress too, just because of the adverts on the the results page of the Google search results.

By: LoveGuru

LoveGuru — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 03:53:51 +0000

Thanks for the info. I prefer Google search because it allows you to monetize your search results. .-= LoveGuru´s last blog ..Letting Go of Someone You Love =-.

By: Google CSE vs. Buscador de Wordpress ¿Quién da más resultados? - elWebmaster.com

Google CSE vs. Buscador de Wordpress ¿Quién da más resultados? - elWebmaster.com — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:18:35 +0000

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By: gjperera

gjperera — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:47:26 +0000

Thanks for providing some insight to WP search vs. Google search, I feel better about my choice to switch to the latter. Not only do you get better search results, but you can monetize those search results as well. That's a double whammy for me. .-= gjperera´s last blog ..Pin Frequently Used Documents and Save Time in Office 2007 =-.

By: How To Add Google Custom Search to Your Blog | @Zemalf

How To Add Google Custom Search to Your Blog | @Zemalf — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:44:58 +0000

[...] didn’t need to check, because there is proof that Google Custom Search is used MORE than the regular WordPress search (at problogdesign.com) and as we know that, we don’t want to hide the fact that it is Google [...]

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:55:39 +0000

@Zemalf

http://www.google.com/coop/doc.....s/tos.html

“You shall implement Custom Search in a manner that: (a) conforms to the Custom Search Specifications provided by Google to You”

and

http://www.google.com/cse/docs/branding.html

“Google must be given attribution using the appropriate text or brand elements when Google results are shown.”

Fairly plain, certainly isn’t legalese

By: Zemalf

Zemalf — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:43:44 +0000

@David Bradley: Thanks for confirming what I started to wonder myself. As far as I understand, it is forbidden to hide the fact that the search is google custom search. I wish they made those T&Cs plain-english, so I wouldn't have to do guesswork if it's cool to add the normal search results under the google results on the search results page. Well anyway, I reworked my own search and my article about it, now clearly showing it's Google Search. .-= Zemalf´s last blog ..How To Add Google Custom Search to Your Blog =-.

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:47:52 +0000

Zemalf, I’d check Google’s T&Cs on that, especially if you’re using Adsense for Search…

By: Zemalf

Zemalf — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:01:04 +0000

I combined the Google Custom Search with the regular WP search on my blog: I took the custom search from google and added the search form code into the theme and edited it to fit straight into the theme (so it actually doesn't look like google search at the moment) + added javascript onclick on the form to pass the search term(s) to both google and wordpress search and then display it on the same search.php page on my blog. So it now displays the google results on top and then WP search results below, but that is modifiable on the search.php. [rq=2304,0,blog][/rq]WordPress Settings for Every Blog