Step 2: try it out, put it on your site – Google Custom Search Engine (beta) Starter Guide User Manual

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Sites to Search you list which URLs (sites or pages) you’d like to include or give high priority to in search

engine results. You can also choose to include the entire web in your search engine — but be sure to give
higher priority to the sites you list. Or you can restrict your search engine just to the URLs you provide.

The

Collaborate with Others section is where you invite people to contribute to your search engine, or let

them volunteer once you give them permission. This is the first step in your collaboration settings. You can
invite people and learn more about collaboration later.

Step 2: Try it out, put it on your site

Once you’ve set the basic parameters for your search engine, you can try it out and then place the search
box on your site so others can use it.

If you’re pleased with the basic settings you’ve established, take the code provided and place the search
box on your site for your visitors to use.

Now that you’ve created your search engine, you can:

• Include more sites

• Change the look and feel

• Sign up to make money

• Invite people to contribute

• Create search refinements