How do I use google search on my webiste?

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I want google search to search my website. I have a textbox to add text and a button to submit. So when I click submit i want it to search through my website for the words.

here is the code google gave me

XML

<script>
  (function() {
    var cx = '012117305473792254352:kosbw5yycts';
    var gcse = document.createElement('script');
    gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
    gcse.async = true;
    gcse.src = (document.location.protocol == 'https:' ? 'https:' : 'http:') +
        '//www.google.com/cse/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
    s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
  })();
</script>
<gcse:search></gcse:search>

Posted 21-Mar-14 7:59am

PythonProgrammer

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André Kraak 21-Mar-14 14:24pm

Did you try using Google Developers - Custom Search[^]?

PythonProgrammer 21-Mar-14 14:31pm

That is what I am using and they gave me that code above so how do i use that code to search on my webiste?

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Code Help 2014 · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-21T22:26:00

Add the <script> block in the <head> section of your page. Then instead of your text box and submit button, write the line:

HTML

<gcse:search></gcse:search>

This element will be automatically replaced with a text box and search button at run time. Here is the complete HTML that shows how to use google search: