Google Custom Search Engines

Created by Lyn Ballam, LibrarianNorth Pole Middle School

Before we start1. Google Account? - Test Your Login2. Access resources

http://npmtestsite.weebly.com/

Please download

Open, choose topic or have your own ready to use.

Green page in handout

What are CSEs?

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Google Custom Search Engines

Rollyo

Nick Tomaiuolo’s website

White Pages following PP

Help Your Students Find Useful and Authoritative

Information Fast!

Example8th Grade Science Chemical Element Project

NPMS Library Element Project

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Select “more” Scroll to “even more”

Create a simple CSE

Exercise 1

Google Products

Create a Custom Search Engine

Might need to sign in….

Set up your search Engine 1

url w/*

Only your sites

Description

Name

NOTE!

Standard, Free site is request at a later time

Note!

URL Patterns*

• For more information:

• http://www.google.com/support/customsearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=71826

• Examples

• www.example.com/ matches single page

• www.example.com/* matches all URLs within this domain

• www.example.com/*kite matches all URLs with this domain with kite in URL

*See purple handout

Set up your search engine 2

url w/*

Only your sites

Description

Name

NOTE!

Standard, Free site is request at a later time

Note!

Test your search engine

You can test your engine outSelect FinishAccess site in igoogle (My search engines)

Find Your CSE in igoogle

Manage Your CSE

No Advertisements

1.Basics

2. Scroll to bottom of page

3. Select

Exercise Two

•Embedding CSE in your website - Easiest

•Log into Wikispaces and embed HTML widget

•Or

•Log into Weebly and drag HTML box

*See pink handout

Select “Homepa

ge”

“Add to Web Page”

Customize

Get Code

Copy ALL the html code

Paste to Wikispaces

Test it out

Paste to WeeblyPublish!

Test it out

Exercise 3Add Google Marker

•The Google Marker allows you to add and label sites in your Custom Search Engine. Please note that you must already have created or signed up to collaborate on a Custom Search Engine to use the Google Marker with a Custom Search Engine.

•http://www.google.com/cse/tools/marker

Exercise 4 -Collaborate!

Collaborators must have a

Google Account

Exercise 5•Explore other ways to embed CSE

•Search Element vs iframe

• See yellow handout

Examples:

http://npmtestsite.weebly.com/

http://npmslibrary.wikispaces.com/Disease Project - iframes

Renaissance - Search Element - No table

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Thank you!