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Google search on my website

I've been wanting to add a search box to my website for quite some time, and also wanted to play with Google AJAX Search API. Turns out it's a very easy API to use! I simply wrapped their search control in a PositionedNode and FadedNode, and added a higher-lever object to "hide" Google's syntax and offer a higher level interface. So from today, you can now use the "Search" menu to search the website and also (in the same dialog) this blog.

Google Search API also offers the possibility to search for YouTube videos and for places (using Google Maps), but I don't use this, so I left that out of my wrapper.

Next on my list is:

  1. Add the same feature to the GeeksWithBlogs blog
  2. Wrap the client-side control in a server-side ASP.NET control, to make it even easier to use.

Let me know if you have other suggestions!

Google search

Print | posted on Saturday, September 01, 2007 11:20 PM

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# re: Google search on my website

left by Madhushika at 9/10/2007 4:53 PM Gravatar
This will very usefull to us

# re: Google search on my website

left by Mikael at 9/12/2007 3:01 AM Gravatar
nice stuffs

# re: Google search on my website

left by john oneill at 4/30/2008 1:44 PM Gravatar
I added a local and web search facility to my site some time ago. I was looking at making a page on my site quite similar to googles home page but with additional short suts which would be beneficial to my clients. I just dont know how similar I am allowed to make this page to googles home page. Any advice here on legalise and ethics would be appreciated. I am not intending to masquerade as google. I just want it to be familiar to clients and offer localised shortcuts regarding the services I provide them. I would advise my clients to make this their home page in ie or firefox.

Thanks
John
http://www.backupanytime.com/whitepaper.htm

# re: Google search on my website

left by Laurent at 4/30/2008 3:26 PM Gravatar
Hi John,

Sorry, I really don't know. I try to stand clear from all lawyer-related issues.

I think I remember that there is a section about this in the Google API documentation, but I don't really remember.

Greetings,
Laurent

# re: Google search on my website

left by Srinivasa Rao at 7/19/2008 12:16 PM Gravatar
I would like to setup google search in my website.

# re: Google search on my website

left by ken at 8/26/2008 11:47 AM Gravatar
I would like to add a google search box to my websit I would want it to be able to search the www and google blows yahoo away at doing this
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