Google Custom Search with Fewer Ads

Google Custom Search allows you to create a custom search engine for your site. The problem is the advertising is sometimes too intrusive, even when no results are found.

Google Custom Search

Google Custom Search allows you to create a custom search engine for your site. The problem is the advertising is sometimes too intrusive, even when no results are found.

Google CSE Ads

If that bothers you, then you could use the regular Google search with the sitesearch flag turned on.

<form action="http://www.google.com/search" method="get">
  <input type="text" name="q" />
  <input type="hidden" name="sitesearch" value="labnol.org" />
</form>

This is how  Wikipedia offers Google search as an option. Of course, Google Custom Search has other perks like Adsense integration, look and feel modification, and search refinements which you would miss out on.

Amit Agarwal is a web geek, solo entrepreneur and loves making things on the Internet. Google recently awarded him the Google Developer Expert and Google Cloud Champion title for his work on Google Workspace and Google Apps Script.

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Google Developer Expert

Google Developer Expert

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Microsoft MVP Alumni

Microsoft awarded us the Most Valuable Professional title for 5 years in a row

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Google Cloud Champion

Google awarded us the Champion Innovator award for technical expertise

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