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{{Short description|Platform for creating custom search engines based on Google Search}}

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| name = Google Programmable Search

| logo = Google Custom Search logo.png

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| url = {{URL|https://cse.google.com/|cse.google.com}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = [[Web search engine]]

| registration = Required

| programming_language = [[C++]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://infolab.stanford.edu/~backrub/google.html |title=The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine|publisher= Computer Science Department, Stanford University, Stanford, CA| access-date=January 27, 2009}}</ref>

| owner = [[Google]] ([[Alphabet Inc.|Alphabet]])

| author = [[Google]]

| revenue = From [[AdWords]]

| launch_date = {{start date and age|2006|10|24}} (as Google Co-op)

| current_status = Active

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'''Google Programmable Search Engine''' (formerly known as '''Google Custom Search''' and '''Google Co-op''') is a platform provided by [[Google]] that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorize queries and create customized search engines, based on [[Google Search]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Custom search engine &#124; What it is and Examples - Expertrec |url=https://blog.expertrec.com/custom-search-engine/ |access-date=5 May 2020 |publisher=ExpertRec}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=June 2024}} Google launched the service on October 23, 2006.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 23, 2006 |title=The Power of Google Search is Now Customizable |url=http://googlepress.blogspot.in/2006/10/power-of-google-search-is-now_23.html |access-date=27 August 2015 |website=Google News from Google}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2024}}

[[Image:Google_coop.gif|thumb|Google Co-op logo]]

==Services==

'''Google Co-op''' is a service launched by [[Google]] on [[May 10]], [[2006]] which consists of two major components. These are: (1) Subscribed Links, and: (2) Topics.

The Google Custom Search platform consists of three services:

===Custom Search Engine===

'''Subscribed Links''' require site owners to setup Google Co-op feed files, using XML format, and promote them to their site visitors. Users can sign up for these feeds, after which these users will see the information from these feeds on top of the search results when they search on related terms within Google. For the user, it guarantees that sources of content will show up in Google whenever sites they trust have the information they are looking for.

[[Image:Google_coopGoogle coop.gifpng|thumb|right|Google Co-op logo]]

Released on October 23, 2006, Google Programmable Search allows anyone to create their own search engine by themselves. Search engines can be created to search for information on particular topics chosen by the creator. Google Programmable Search Engine allows creators to select what websites will be used to search for information which helps to eliminate any unwanted websites or information. [[Google AdSense]] results can also be triggered from certain search queries, which would generate revenue for the site owner.<ref>{{cite web|title=AdSense Custom Search Ads|url=https://developers.google.com/custom-search-ads/|publisher=Google Inc.|access-date=31 July 2014}}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2024}}

===Subscribed Links===

For site owners, initially the primary benefit is to convert visitors into repeat visitors. Over time, successful feeds get added to the Google Co-op directory which provides site owners with additional marketing exposure and traffic.

Provided as part of the original service, subscribed links were discontinued on 15 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eustace |first=Alan |url=http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/fall-spring-clean.html |title=Official Blog: A fall spring-clean |publisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com |date=2011-09-02 |access-date=2013-06-14}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=June 2024}}

Subscribed Links were web results that users could manually subscribe to. Anyone was allowed to make a new Subscribed Link, and did not necessarily need knowledge on how to create a feed, as a basic link could be created. Subscriptions were then available in a special directory.{{citation needed|date=September 2020}}

'''Topics''' is Google's move into the world of tagging. With Google Topics, subject matter experts can label sites across the web to help better identify the content of the site. As with subscribed links, users need to subscribe to the editors of the Topic to benefit from their labels.

===Topics===

== External links ==

Topics are specific areas of search, which can be developed by people with knowledge of a certain subject. These topics are then displayed at the top of relevant Google web searches, so the user can refine the searches to what they want.<ref>{{cite web |title=Custom Search Advanced Topics |url=https://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/gsa/docs/admin/72/gsa_doc_set/admin_searchexp/adv_customization.html |url-status=dead |access-date=31 July 2014 |website=Google Help |archive-date=September 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140911134523/https://www.google.com/support/enterprise/static/gsa/docs/admin/72/gsa_doc_set/admin_searchexp/adv_customization.html }}</ref>{{Primary source inline|date=June 2024}} Currently, there is a limited number of topics that Google is wanting to develop, namely Health, Destination Guides, Autos, Computer games, Photography and Home Theater.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}

==See also==

* [http://google.com/coop/ Google Co-op]

* [[Microsoft Bing|Bing]] Custom Search API<ref>{{Cite web |last=Microsoft |title=Bing Custom Search API {{!}} Microsoft Bing |url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/bing/apis/bing-custom-search-api |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=Bingapis |language=en-us}}</ref>

* [http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-05-11-n40.html How to Use Google Co-op]

* [[Wikipedia:Advanced source searching#Custom search engines]]

* [http://radioactiveyak.blogspot.com/2006/05/cricket-subscription-links-and-google.html Gaining Trust in Google Co-op]

* {{Annotated link|Yahoo! Search BOSS}}

* [http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060511-152949 Google Co-op's Subscribed Links in Action]

* [http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/google-coop-overview.shtml Google Co-op Overview]

* [http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/google-coop-annotations.shtml Google Co-op Topics]

==References==

[[Category:Google services|Co-op]]

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[[Category:Google]]

== External links ==

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* [httphttps://www.google.com/coop/ Google Co-opCustom Search]

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* [[Google AdSense]]

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