How to Set Up Google AdSense for Searches

Google's AdSense for Search feature allows AdSense publishers to create custom search engines for their sites. These search engines deliver advertisements above the results that are relevant to the search query. In this way, visitors can search your site for certain pages, and you gain more revenue over time. AdSense for search also lets you configure the search engine to search the Internet as a whole as well. Before the service can be used, you must configure the search engine from within your AdSense account.

Instructions

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Log into your AdSense account.

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Click the "AdSense Setup" tab located in the upper left-hand side of the page.

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Click "AdSense for Search."

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Choose whether you would like users to be able to search the entire Web from your site, or only those that you specify. Do this by clicking the appropriate circle to the right of the "Search Type" entry.

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Type the specific sites into the box below the "Search Type" entry if you chose to specify certain sites in the previous step. Enter one URL per line.

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Enter keywords that are relevant to your websites in the box labeled "Optional Keywords."

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Select your native country from the drop-down box to the right of the "Country or territory for Google domain" entry.

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Click "Continue."

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Choose how you want your search box to look by selecting one of the options to the right. Click "Continue."

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Choose whether you want your search results to appear on Google's site or your own by clicking one of the bubbles to the right of the "Opening of search results" entry.

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Select a palette by clicking the drop-down box to the right of "Logo." Enter the URL of your logo image in the box to the right of "logo image URL."

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Click "Continue." Give your search engine a name by clicking and typing within the box below the "Name your Search Engine" box.

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Indicate that you agree with Google's terms and conditions by clicking the "I Agree" box. Click "Submit and Get Code."