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Having a search box is great on a website. But depending on the market and what you're trying to accomplish, the conversion would still be hard to monitor.

Especially if you're dealing with a service like Dallas Vinyl Replacement Windows Quotes. If this is a product then it might be easier to monitor.

I have a meeting with a very old client / happy camper with about 130 pages for e-comm (and about 30 brands)justifying the $100 annual fee for a google-search-box and then trying to integrate it seamlessly into his existing site which is a site that has header information already.

Tough to to re-work cleanly and easily. If it were a new site would be simple.

The fee seems reasonable, and if it leads to more conversions and better usability for a web audience it should be a worthwhile project.

I am going to push it as an experiment. Of course in this economy less clicking to purchase is always smart. Often as web developers we create the menus for big sites with sub menus, and so forth. Often I hear from average users (some with bad eyes) that the sub menu system often is a pain when they mis-cursor a sub-menu and need to re-rollover main menu.

Using a google site search option, a good site map, and good menu should help ALL users find a faster way to buy from an e-comm site. I am going to be pushing it!

After testing for 6 months I will know whether it is any better than a "free find" search box with customization and no ads. As long as the no ads policy from google site search is 100% this idea will instill consumer confidence in an old-fart's opinion.

Thank you,

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I thought it was enough to have Google index the site for search, but you have shown me that it is also a good idea to have the indexing and search on my own website. Thanks.

Good info, will try a couple things you suggested.