Build Your Own Google-Powered Search Engine

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 24, 2006 @01:17AM from the a-goog-to-call-my-own dept.

eastbayted writes "Google has unveiled a free program called Google Customized Search Engine that lets users tailor a search index to their content specifications, InfoWorld reports. You can select keywords for the index, as well as which Web sites will be included or excluded in the search. You also may customize the look and feel of the engine. The trade-off? When you implement the index on your Web site or blog, it will be populated with Google text ads via Google's lucrative AdSense Program. On the plus side, you do get paid for click-throughs."

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Re:Will create a lot more spam sites? by EVil+Lawyer · 2006-10-24 01:23 · Score: 4, Insightful

Probably not many more than currently exist. Right now (before this new product), it's very easy to set up a nearly all-spam site with Google's AdSense. Google requires only a modicum of content before approving a site to show AdSense ads. This new search engine implementation will probably not drastically change the threshold for setting up an ad-only site.