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Build Custom Search Engines
Google Custom Search allows you to create your own search engine that searches only the sites you approve.
Google Custom Search (
http://www.google.com/cse/) allows you to create your
own custom search engine. In creating your custom search engine you can specify the sites that you want Google to search when someone uses your search engine.
Applications for Education Teachers and school librarians can have students conducting searches without
worrying that they’ll stumble upon inappropriate websites or other sites they don’t want students to see.
Once you’ve created your custom search engine you can embed it into your blog or website. You can create as many custom search engines as you like. If you teach multiple subjects or multiple grade levels you may want to create a search engine for each of those classes.
Custom search engines can be modified even after you’ve embedded them into your
blog or website. Therefore, if you find websites that you want to add your custom search engine you can do that even if your custom search engine has been installed in a blog or website.
If you don’t have a blog or website that you want to install your custom search engine
in, you can simply direct students to the unique url assigned to your search engine. Students can then search from that stand-alone page. Your custom search engine can also be added to your iGoogle homepage.
On the following pages you’ll see the steps you to take to create your own Google Custom Search Engine. If you don’t have a Google Account, it is best to create one before beginning to create your custom search engine. You can create an account by going to
Google.com then clicking “sign in.” Clicking “sign in” will bring you to a registration field.
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