Google Custom Search Business Edition

The website re-design is in the final stages, and today I implemented Google Custom Search Business Edition for the new site. The cost is right (only $100/year) and the implementation is as simple as cut-and-paste, in classic Google style. The search bar can be embedded anywhere on your website, and you control the setting for which pages are searched and displayed on the results page. This is the PERFECT solution for our site, as we will want to exclude all the content in our old design, along with our landing pages which live on the same URL. The only set-back with using CSBE in conjunction with a re-design is that Google must first index the pages that are returned on the search results page, so for the first few weeks the new site is live on the web the content that is returned in the search will be minimal until all the new pages are indexed. All in all, it really is a phenomenal way to quickly and easily add a powerful search function to your website!