Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
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Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#32Note that Google custom site search is still available: https://cse.google.com/cse The main difference seems to be that enterprise has custom branding and is ad-free.
It is, but they're in the process of deprecating and removing its most powerful features, such as the "linked CSE", where you can specify the URL of an XML specification file that describes the domains and paths you want to search. The huge advantage of a linked CSE over their 'hosted' alternative, aside from convenience, is that you can generate this specification dynamically based on a user query. They also recently made a policy change disallowing multiple CSE queries resulting from the same user's search. (IE if you want to give the user search results with several different filter parameters.) Both of these changes had a fairly significant, although fortunately not critical, impact on our business. It really looks like the philosophy is shifting away from these sorts of flexible tools.
On the other hand, Bing recently released a completely updated version of their paid search API. So on the plus side it looks like they aren't ready to give up on custom search yet. On the downside, they've tripled their prices.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stucked in time: http://www.excite.com/
Wow. This page is actually strangely appealing. It loads fast. I don't have to click off to another page to get the news headlines. Ads are restrained to just a couple square boxes.
It may be a couple of boxes but that link spam is something else, thought I was a domain parked page for a second there.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#34Where is the shut-down message? I just get the pricing page for GSS in Dutch. EDIT: I was also able to create a new site search engine.
I see it on the English site. I bet if you set your language to English, it would show up.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#35Where is the shut-down message? I just get the pricing page for GSS in Dutch. EDIT: I was also able to create a new site search engine.
> Where is the shut-down message?
Try English version of that page: https://enterprise.google.com/search/products/gss.html?hl=en
> EDIT: I was also able to create a new site search engine.
The shut-down message says "On April 1, 2017, Google will discontinue sales of the Google Site Search".
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
Stucked in time: http://www.excite.com/
look at the source. Something makes me think this will work in Netscape 4. edit: nope. http://imgur.com/a/Jt38q not really. edit 2: Here's a HP B-series PA-RISC from my closet running actual vintage NS-4, also no, http://i.imgur.com/tt7AYqj.png (the top window is a search for the term "cat") Google however, almost still works http://i.imgur.com/kdTd1AU.png ... I give them an A. hn and kernel.org get a security algori…
I'm not sure this entire stack has been updated since the early 2000s. No SSL/TLS, and check the HTTP headers.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#37That's a pitty for people like me who are using it.
Although you have to say the product had its flaws on larger scales.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Since they pushed Excite out of this business, who will take up the slack?
From the top of my head, I'd say this is a great opportunity for Algolia.
Google owns this and they are giving it up, why? My guess is they dont make enough money this way (with search as a service). That is probably just a long term concern but an important one.
Re: Google Site Search will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018
#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
I believe that this Enterprise Search can be used for pages that are not freely available on the Internet. I've seen it used on portals where you have to be logged in to access the content.
Not sure how much it overlaps with https://enterprise.google.com/search/products/gsa.html or what the future for GSA is, given Google's track record for discontinuing products.
GSA is already discontinued: http://fortune.com/2016/02/04/google-ends-search-appliance/