How to Install Google Ajax Search Widget [Web 2.0]

When you search any content in this ProBlogBooster, the result is quickly gets displayed on the same page without any change of other content and in quick seconds. Lots of readers asked me about it along with detailed information to implement this on site. Learn how to install lightweight Google search widget for your site to find content easily to your readers

Google Search Widget

Last time we have seen meta tag generator for easy use. Today we are going next step in Google gadgets to find out ajax and its usability with respect to web content through search gadget. So here in this post, each and every step is discussed in detail along with images. This is one of the best blogging tip about Ajax application which will introduces you ajax power, and you will get why the ajax getting more popularity in today's days.

Google Ajax Search Widget For Blogger

Its very simple to implement in your site but included lengthy and tricky steps, so I request you to read and follow each step carefully.

1. First go to: http://www.google.com/webelements/customsearch/
 or update: https://www.google.com/cse/all

 
2. ‘Custom Search Element’ page will show on screen. Select theme for your search engine look as "Espresso" (you may change as you want). 

3. Select in ‘Configure’ option to ‘Use an existing custom search engine’ and then click on ‘Select CSE’. 4. click on 'Create a new search engine', here you may have to logged into Google Account, since its your own search engine and for your unique ID.

5. Type search engine name as 'Search'.

6. Type search engine description as 'Search'.

7. In 'What do you want to search?', select 'The entire web, but emphasize sites I select.'

8. In Sites to search box put your own blog url(http://YOUR-BLOG-NAME.blogspot.com).

9. Select an edition, off-course!! select as 'Standard edition - Free'.

10. Accept the 'Terms of Service'. And click on 'Next'.

11. Tick the box for Send confirmation email to your mail ID and click on 'finish'.

12. Now you will see a new window of 'My search engines' and in the topic of 'Search engines I've created' you will see your created search engine.

13. Click on 'control panel' will see 'Basic information' with your 'Search engine unique ID:your-own-ID'

14. You can select 'Preferences' as per your requirements. And then 'save changes'.

15. On left hand 'control panel' Look for 'Look and feel shown', click on it.

16. Choose a hosting option as 'Search Element'.

17. Choose layout for search element 'Two Column'.

18. Choose customize a style as 'Espresso'. (Here you can customize the font-size, font-color for your template matching).

19. At last click on 'save' and then 'Get code'.

20. Now we have the two types code section;

a. In upper-window the code is to be paste in the page where you'd like the search box to appear.

b. In down-window the code is to be paste in the page where you'd like the search results to appear.

21. Now the 1st code is the Search Widget Code, that can be copy and pasted as html widget. For this go to Layout, page element, add widget, give title as search, and paste the code.

22. Now the important part is the second code, this code goes into your html template code. For this go to Layout, Edit HTML.

Now find for,

<div id='main-wrapper'>

23. Now paste the second code below <div id='main-wrapper'> code,as shown:

24. Now save template.

25. Check the widget on your blog-site.

+BOOST:

1. In this widget you can insert your own adsense adds (with publisher's ID) easily.
2. Automatically search own site as well as on web.
3. Very fast than ordinary search engine.
4. No need to refresh the whole page to search.

For Demo see right side of this site, and check the behaviour of the this widget.