Google SiteSearch

[trobutta]

I'm having difficulty finding information on Google's Customizable SiteSearch.

When I try to register for the Customizable SiteSearch I get this error:

There are no pages in our index for "distillersgrains.org"*
* We cannot perform SiteSearch on this domain(s).
Please remove/change the domain(s)entered, or select WebSearch only, by leaving the domain(s) field blank.

And it's obvious that http://www.distillersgrains.org has pages in the index! Any idea why I can't go forward with this?

Also, (I'm just now taking over this site, excuse the crapiness) the goal is to have a directory full of word docs and pdfs that are archived by Google. When performing a site search, is there a way to specify the directory to be searched? (eg. I want results from distillersgrains.org/files/ only)

Thanks for your help!

[rizla]

I have just tried and the same thing has happened to me. I tried with 2 sites that are listed in google so I have no idea whats going on here.

[intelliot]

distillersgrains.org seems to have only 6 pages indexed. Try using www.distillersgrains.org (with the "www.") and see what Google says then.

[trobutta]

I've tried all my sites, and I keep getting an error on this page as well:

http://www.google.com/addurl/

Does anyone know what is going on with Google, or am I just doing something wrong.

Also, does anyone know how to search specific directories within a site?

[intelliot]

Use this as your query -

search terms site:domain.com/directory

[Google Jr.]

Originally Posted by intelliot

distillersgrains.org seems to have only 6 pages indexed. Try using www.distillersgrains.org (with the "www.") and see what Google says then.

no, the error is elsewhere.

I am having the same error with "safeena.org" though my site has 9930 pages in Google.

Check http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rg&btnG=Search

[Google Jr.]

Originally Posted by Google Jr.

no, the error is elsewhere.

I am having the same error with "safeena.org" though my site has 9930 pages in Google.

Check http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rg&btnG=Search

any help would be VERY appreciated.

[helping]

By google support:
custom sitesearch temporarily disabled for new sites.

That is going on for months, from my perspective :)

Check (there) again from time to time.

[Google Jr.]

Originally Posted by helping

By google support:
custom sitesearch temporarily disabled for new sites.

That is going on for months, from my perspective

Check (there) again from time to time.

is there anything we can do ?

anyone we can write to ?

thank you for your help

[rhibbert]

Have you tried following this link?

http://www.google.com/searchcode.html

There's no need to register anymore

Richard