Thu Tu’s Blog

Have you ever been at a web site and wanted to find something on it but couldn’t because the site either lacked search functionality or had a useless one? Did you want a tool to help in your predicament? Here’s one that I’ve found helpful: Search Everywhere by Paul Komarek. It was developed by a [...]

When I first learned of Linked Custom Search Engines from Google Co-op, I didn’t really get it. When I got the explanation, I then saw the potential.
Previously, to create a custom search engine, we needed to go into a control panel to give Google a list of sites we want it to show results from. [...]

Not even a day had passed since I figured out How to Integrate Google Custom Search Engine Results into Wordpress Blog Template and I figured another way to integrate search results into Wordpress.
As described at the site, “Google AJAX Search API lets you put Google Search in your web pages with JavaScript.”
One of the drawbacks [...]

I was checking out the control panel for my blog’s Google Custom Search Engine and saw something under the Code tab that I hadn’t noticed before: Search box and search results code for your website
I was intrigued at the thought of having the search results show up with my blog’s theme. After completing my search [...]

I had trouble finding a good source of information on how to set up Google Custom Search Engine to replace the built-in search function of my Wordpress blog, so I’ll share some tips I eventually learned.
Custom Search Engine
First, you will need to create a custom search engine that shows results for your blog. Then try [...]

This is so cool… I can create my own search engines using Google. I can pick the sites that I want Google to show results from. For example, I have two domains. I can create a search engine that makes it possible to search both sites. For now, I’ve just called it the Thu Tu [...]