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Ujwal K.
UK
MSITM Student Ambassador
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"A mainstream search option that works"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

Rightnow called Programmable Search Engine, the service is the prime choice that's free with AdSense account and I heard one can even earn incentives with page views if you have higher traffic on your site. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

The documentation is a bit difficult to follow and the results can be inconsistent after the implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mittal P.
MP
SEO Executive
Marketing and Advertising
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Google Custom Search (Integration)"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

In persana, this feature helped me find leads by adding skills, experience, and company details. And that was so easy to use! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

It takes a bit of time to lead the data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aakash G.
AG
Associate Lead, Technology
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Customizable search engine tool for websites that provides relevant and accurate search results"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

Google Custom Search is a powerful tool that allows website owners to create a custom search engine for their site using Google's search technology. It enables users to add a search box to their website, which can be used to search through specific content.

The main advantage is that it provides highly relevant and accurate search results using the same algorithms and techniques as Google's main search engine.

It is also easy to set up and customise. Website owners can choose which pages or sections of their site to include in the search results, and they can also customise the look and feel of the search box and search results page to match their site's branding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

The main limitation is that it only searches the content within the specific website or domains the user specifies, so it doesn't provide results from the entire web. Also, it is not a free service, and there are fees associated with certain usage levels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Abdul S.
AS
UI/UX Designer
Information Technology and Services
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Best search engine"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

it shows variety of the results that means user have very vast options to choose from. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

sometime it shows irrevalant data that means user can get the data for whatever he is not liking that. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SJ
Graphic Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Using Google's Search to make your website's more notable!!"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

Google Custom Search is an excellent tool if you want to have a search box on your website. It’s similar to Google Search, but you get to choose what you want it to search for, what the search results page looks like, and you can even choose to hide or show certain things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

The installation part is a bit tricky, and we cannot customize the search index on the results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Dilip M.
DM
Brand Ambassador
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.
"Benefits of using Google Custom Search Toolbar"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

This is one of the best search engine already developed on different Platform like android and many more.

It helps us to search our query within very short time and probable maximum percentage matching to our search. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

Nothing much here to dislike sometime its showing multiple advertisement that is one of the demerit of it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohammad A.
MA
Computer Trainer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Google Custom Search Recommendation for Amazon Review"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

> Speed of search- It's fast

Google search UI inside your website- It is responsive (works fine across all devices)

> Advanced search functions: autocomplete, spell check, derivation, synonyms. These are not advanced search functions, but basic ones. Except for synonyms, Google Custom Search has all of these.

> Custom results ranking: Google’s default ranking is not good enough? Depends. Sometimes u want to show your own preferred results on top not what google wants.

Some more Best things are :

1. It is free up to a certain limit.

2. Good for smaller websites with lesser search traffic.

3. Google’s crawler is pretty robust

4. Good for SEO purposes.

5. Good documentation.

6. Good analytics.

7. Control panel with a lot of features to control search results.

I love its feature and analytics, business strategy in Google Custom Search

Thank You Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

Restrictions: Google Custom search restricts you to a maximum of 10,000 search requests per day. ContextualWeb provides you unrestricted access.

Limitations: Google custom search allows you to index at most 10 websites. ContextualWeb allows you to index as many websites as you like. It doesn’t charge you for the number of websites.

Some more dislike things are :

No support.

It is google’s index- you have not to control over when stuff gets indexed.

Google is known for closing their products. They might just turn off their API if they don’t make enough money out of it.

You need to add a search query for every page or article.

If you not add it then the custom search will not work fine. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

JT
Web Designer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Newly renamed Google Search Engine"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

Extremely easy to use, not only does it let you customize what you want to see, but it also provides a highly quality search result. In addition, it is free to a certain extent, as there is a subscription based model for additional quality of life features. Gaining large popularity due to google presence around the world. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

While the tool is free to a certain extent, there are ads that get populated on your screen unless you opted into the pay subscription model. There are other competitors/alternatives to google custom search such as AdSearcher, Elastic Site Search, and Lineate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Education Management
UE
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"Google search is the google search is the best way to look something up"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

it makes it so easy to search and give enough options to help you on your search. I like all the optional finds it has it really helps me to better understand what i am looking for. I believe this should be a product that everyone uses. it would help others out tremedously. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

nothing at all it gets me where i need to get. I have not had any issue thus far with google custom search. I wish everyone had a opportunity to use it because it can be very helpful. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Just another normal search"
What do you like best about Google Custom Search?

All the related results and suggestions at one single place

Stunning faster than yahoo or bing search

Pagination of results are clear Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Google Custom Search?

No images or previews of videos of the search results are available. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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