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Released on October 23, 2006, Google Custom 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 Custom Search Engine allows creators to select what websites will be used to search for information which helps to eliminate any unwanted websites or information. Creators can also attach their custom search engine to any blog or webpage.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Custom Search|url=http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-custom-search/|publisher=Wordpress|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref> [[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|accessdate=31 July 2014}}</ref>

=== '''How it work?''' ===

Google Custom Search enables you to create a search engine for your website, your blog, or a collection of websites. You can configure your search engine to search both web pages and images. You can fine-tune the ranking, customize the look and feel of the search results, and invite your friends or trusted users to help you build your custom search engine. You can even make money from your search engine by using your Google AdSense account.

There are two main use cases for Custom Search - you can create a search engine that searches only the contents of one website (site search), or you can create one that focuses on a particular topic from multiple sites. You can use your expertise about a subject to tell Custom Search which websites to search, prioritize, or ignore. Because you know your users well, you can tailor the search engine to their interests.

With Google Custom Search, you can:

* Create custom search engines that search across a specified collection of sites or pages

* Enable image search for your site

* Customize the look and feel of search results, including adding search-as-you-type autocompletions

* Add promotions to your search results

* Leverage structured data on your site to customize search results

* Associate your search engine with your Google AdSense account, so you make money whenever users click ads on your search results pages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/overview|title=Overview {{!}} Custom Search|website=Google Developers|language=en|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.webopedia.com/TERM/G/Google_Custom_Search_Engine.html|title=What is Google Custom Search Engine? Webopedia Definition|last=Beal|first=Vangie|website=www.webopedia.com|language=en|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref>

===Subscribed Links===

Provided as part of the original service, subscribed links were discontinued on 15 September 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Eustace |first=Alan |url=httpshttp://developersgoogleblog.googleblogspot.com/custom-search2011/docs09/overviewfall-spring-clean.html |title=OverviewOfficial {{!}}Blog: CustomA Searchfall {{!}}spring-clean Google Developers|last=|firstpublisher=Googleblog.blogspot.com |date=2011-09-02|website=Google.com|publisher=Google Inc.|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2013-06-14}}</ref>

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.

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One of the topics with many contributions is Health.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} They include the [[National Library of Medicine]], [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]], [[Health On the Net Foundation]], [[Harvard Medical School]], [[Mayo Clinic]] and others.{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}

Google CSE's may offer better topical search results than the standard Google search.<ref>{{CiteCitation webneeded|urldate=https://support.google.com/customsearch/answer/4513751?hl=en&ref_topic=4513742|title=WhatOctober is Custom Search? - Custom Search Help|website=support.google.com|access-date=2019-12-022010}}</ref>

==See also==

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==References==

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==External links==