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Google Upgrades Custom Search Element

By Chris Crum August 3, 2012 | 2 Comments

Google announced today that it has a new version of the Custom Search element, the HTML markup that lets you add rich search functionality to various pages of your site via Google Custom Search Engine. “The Custom Search element renders …

Now, Google’s Search As You Type Is A Standalone Product
By Chris Crum · July 11, 2012
Google announced that it is now offering the Search As You Type feature from Google Commerce Search as a standalone product. AdWords advertisers now have access to a free pilot. The feature uses Google’s search suggestions and instant product results …
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Google Makes Site Search Analytics Easier
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Test Site Search and Navigation Pages to Optimize Conversions
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Site Search: Too Many Results and Not Enough

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Adobe Launches Site Search Tool to Keep Visitors from Leaving Your Site
By Chris Crum · December 14, 2010 · 1 Comment

Adobe has introduced a new tool for site search powered by Omniture, aimed at helping marketers anticipate visitor search intent and promote relevant products and content. It’s called Search&Promote. The real goal of the tool is to cut down bounce rates.

Put Bing Search on Your Own Site
By Chris Crum · June 10, 2009 · 3 Comments

There has been a lot of talk about Microsoft’s new search engine Bing for the last couple weeks. I haven’t seen much about Bing site search though.

7 Ways to Get More Conversions Out of Google Site Search
By Chris Crum · January 25, 2009 · 10 Comments

The future of search engine optimization is uncertain right now. Google is experimenting with personalization, and the need for quality, engaging, and usable content is becoming more important than ever.

One part of a site’s usability is the ease with which a user can find desired content. A common way to make this easier, is site search, which Google itself happily provides.

Using the Data that Site Search Uncovers
By Chris Crum · January 24, 2009 · 4 Comments

I recently posted about ways to get more conversions out of Google Site Search. This was based on tips that Google itself offered for capitalizing on its potential. These tips were:

1. Make your search box easy to find
2. Make sure search is always available
3. Customize the appearance of search to fit your site
4. Experiment
5. Be open to feedback
6. Learn what users are looking for

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Google Site Search On-Demand Indexing Triggers Re-Crawling
By Chris Crum · November 16, 2008 · 6 Comments

Google has introduced some new functionality to its Site Search product, which allows customers to search within your own site. The feature that everyone is talking about is the ability to add pages on-demand to be indexed by site search, so customers have access to these new pages as soon as they’re ready.

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Enabling Google Analytics Site Search
By Philipp Lenssen · November 5, 2007

You can now log-in to your Google Analytics account to start enabling the new Site Search feature for a site of yours.

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Google Analytics Drills Down Site Search
By WebProNews Staff · November 5, 2007 · 2 Comments

A new feature from Google Analytics shows how website visitors search on a site once they have arrived.

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$100 a Year for Google Site Search
By Mike Moran · July 30, 2007

I have been travelling so it took me a little while to write about Google Custom Search Business Edition. The name is a mouthful (sounds like the name of one of IBM’s products) but the price won’t give you indigestion—just $100 annually for up to 5,000 pages. So what should a Web site owner think about this offering?

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Google Upgrades Custom Search Element

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