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Google Custom Search not returning any results

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Google Custom Search not returning any results Alexandermay 3/18/11 3:39 PM Hi  starting today around 5 pm EST I noticed that Google Custom Search is not returning any results for either of my websites.  I am university library using the iFrame option with customization. See:  http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/ematlocalsto
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results bobsuncle 3/18/11 5:06 PM Same here. None of my custom search engines are displaying ANY results. I haven't used them for a long time, but it all looks good from the control panel area, but won't give results either in preview or via my websites.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results bobsuncle 3/18/11 5:39 PM More detail on cse's not returning results. None of the previews or implementation on my websites display results. No error message, and ads are returned for searches. Obviously since they don't work in preview mode, I'd guess it's something buuggy?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results bobsuncle 3/18/11 5:51 PM ...and more. Ok. It works on occasion. Once in a while I'll get results, but mostly just blank.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results fmweb 3/18/11 6:02 PM I'm having the same trouble, I just installed Google Custom Search today and it was working fine, then all of a sudden this afternoon it stopped working. It works for one search periodically, but 99% of the time it's returning nothing. Doesn't even w
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results nik 3/18/11 6:23 PM Just noticed this same issue on our site with Google Custom Search.  Sometimes working, but most often it just displays blank results.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results has.niyazi 3/18/11 11:12 PM Getting the same on this end too. If you try a few times a result may come up. Have only noticed this for the last couple of days. Details: *Embedded code snippets not working - just some occasional successful entries (as reported above) *Google hos
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Rainlly 3/19/11 12:20 AM hello,everyone ,I sure the Google Custom Search have some wrong since 10 am Today .It sometimes good and  wrong later.I have test it in empty page.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Geea 3/19/11 4:17 AM Same problem here, not even the control panel preview is working.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results dougZ 3/19/11 12:06 PM I find that if I click on the Search button, with the same query, multiple times then results appear for about 1 in 6 tries. The ads always appear, just the search results are not shown..
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Leeker 3/19/11 9:10 PM the same question, sometimes it return no results and only a blank.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results GalenaFaolan 3/19/11 11:10 PM Having same problem here. It was working fine day before yesterday, then out of nowhere it pretty much quit working yesterday. Get ads at top and refreshing page or hitting search repeatedly gets results to show up about 1 time in 10, or more. Defini
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results saahov 3/20/11 3:42 AM I have this trouble too.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results seawater 3/20/11 5:11 AM I am experiencing the same issues on   http://www.seawater.no/search.html   It stopped working about a week ago. Most searches return nothing, some return only add, occasionally it works as expected. When testing the search in the control panel, ever
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results androidcookbook 3/20/11 10:41 AM Experiencing same trouble :My custom search engines seem doesn't work (working 1 time in 10) when I'm using a mobile user agent for my browser.I get a blank page or only ads displayed but not the search results. With standard browser (firefox 3.6, ch
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results gdgest 3/20/11 11:19 AM It may well be tied in with today's site maintenance, as this morning I have begun experiencing the same problems with Custom Search as most other posters here. Google ads show up on results page, but the results pages are blank from Google ads right
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results tjk925 3/20/11 11:30 AM Same here. Not getting any results or randomly getting results on http://econweb.tamu.edu/ (site search at top left). Had been working fine since site re-launch in January. It's probably not used much but when it is, I would like it to be working for
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results jkudish 3/20/11 1:14 PM Same here, nothing showing up, the search engine is here: http://wp-search.com/ but even the preview doesn't work
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results eduardobec 3/20/11 5:15 PM Same problem, sometimes it return no results and only a blank.Could we have a google answer on this issue ?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results dougZ 3/20/11 6:12 PM Yeah! This problem seems to be fixed now, at least for me. My Google CSE searches are working now, returning both Ads and search results. You go Google...
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results androidcookbook 3/21/11 2:13 AM Problem fixed for me to !
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results seawater 3/21/11 2:24 AM It seems to work at http://www.seawater.no as well. Would be nice to hear from google what caused this.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results has.niyazi 3/21/11 3:56 AM yep, can confirm fixed at my end too - but would be nice to know what happenned. Maybe a goog employee spilt a slurpee on something ? ;)
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Leeker 3/21/11 9:52 AM it's fixed, thank you!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results gdgest 3/21/11 10:58 AM All fixed - thank you Google techies. :-)
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Kelly F 3/23/11 9:52 PM Hi all, Thanks for reporting this! Just want to close the loop here and report that there was an unexpected change that affected performance on sites with Google Site Search using the Search Element hosting option. We've identified the root cause a
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Sepi 3/23/11 11:50 PM It still doesn't work for me. http://edzesonline.hu/kereses/ Probably it's a deployment related issue, because I use http://google.hu
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results mattb123 3/29/11 4:51 PM Still doesn't work for me either: http://www.fullthrottlev6.com/forums/ Very odd.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results byrev 3/30/11 9:01 PM and doesn't work for me: http://publicphoto.org/google/ sometimes there is only one result ! I try from http://www.google.com/cse/panel/preview?cx= preview not working either from there.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results whisperwow 3/31/11 12:12 AM Doesn't work for me either. http://songwriterspace.com/page/search-results The search box is in the left column and the search results should display on this page, but all I get is a blank page. Preview is working though. Any suggestions?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results clarencemark 5/20/11 4:30 PM Not working for me either. It would be helpful if Google could confirm if there is a issue. I'm done trying and have disable it on my website for the time being.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results yy4u 5/20/11 7:15 PM Not sure what the difference is because I didn't take the time to compare or is this was truly the solution, but I had this issue too and decided to recreate the search using the Old AdSense Interface and that's when it started working for me.  When
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results gambic 7/26/11 1:11 PM Not working for me neither... BUG in Google!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results stefano_ht 7/29/11 12:06 PM Hi, installed today on our site, everything was fine for 4/5 hours, then nothing at all, just ADS displayed all the time. Some Google employee can say something please?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results bthmp745 7/30/11 9:23 PM Google custom search stopped working on my website today, all pages, about 50, without any warning or error message, nothing, like there is no link at all. So I'm going to have to remove the "links", all the Google search boxes on my site, or have a
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results stefano_ht 8/2/11 5:30 AM Exactly, now CSE is not working and i don't know why, that's really a problem guys: i cannot rely on this service, and i don't want to pay for premium service with more than 2000 usd dollars per year! No answer here from Google ?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results kate harvey 8/2/11 6:35 AM Hi all. I am having this exact issue. Have created 3 google custom searches recently and all 3 were running fine for a week or so and now none of them return any results.  All that comes up is sponsored ads.  I have cut and pasted the sites to search
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Kelly F 8/2/11 9:23 AM Hi everyone, Would you mind sharing the ID of your CSE as well as a link to your site? Thanks! Kelly
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Ben Delarre 8/8/11 2:27 AM I am having the same problem, my CSE ID is 012798496472091595922:6itcdkx4jy4 you can try it here http://www.circuitbee.com/search I literally also just launched this, it was working fine on the testing server, but since deploying to live has stopped
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Ben Delarre 8/8/11 2:27 AM I am having the same problem, my CSE ID is 012798496472091595922:6itcdkx4jy4 you can try it here http://www.circuitbee.com/search I literally also just launched this, it was working fine on the testing server, but since deploying to live has stopped
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results kevin_be 8/8/11 3:34 AM Same here   When using a localised jsapi (http://co.uk instead of .com), the search only gives adds. It seems to work ok for a few hours in the morning though. So i'm wondering if it's limited to a certain amount of requests?! Kelly?   It works ok when usin
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Ben Delarre 8/8/11 8:28 AM That was really helpful, I switched to use the .com api instead of the .http://co.uk one and I'm all working again. Thanks for the tip!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results danman97 8/8/11 8:58 AM Same, although my formatting is wrong for the results! Fine for ads! Search engine unique ID: 006083648515193608099:k5dpmokw2paSearch Link: http://meljones.info/search.html
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results ultimatehandyman 8/11/11 7:28 AM I just got notified by one of my forum members that the search was no longer working. When you search now all that is returned are Sponsored results.   My CSE is 4225734504396378:pqqsyc45h74   http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/   Thanks in adva
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results emericklaw 8/11/11 8:35 AM I too have started having issues with non .com custom searches displaying blank results but still showing advert.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results jindo 8/11/11 9:10 AM Same with .bg CSE.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Johnhson 8/12/11 5:18 AM This search failure has happened to me. Interestingly the page show copyright 2010 which implies something is wrong in the googleplex partner-pub-5116685545599346:7511524323 Search boxes on http://www.allotment.org.uk
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results ultimatehandyman 8/12/11 6:55 AM The search feature on my site has started working again ;-)
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results handworks 8/24/11 8:53 PM My site: http://thehandiworks.blogspot.com   My search engine id: partner-pub-9366709216826865:7390671355 Appreciate any help I can get. When I was testing it, it was working but it's just been only 2 days before it returns only one result!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results lesmorgan 9/15/11 4:17 PM The same problem of no results being returned is happening today on CSE id# 010328014542264780135:hn2ezaxv7do  which is installed on several web sites, including these: http://medicaring.org/ct/widget/http://caretransitions.org/search.asphttp://www.l
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results lesmorgan 9/16/11 8:40 AM Status is that as of this morning, the CSE is working again on all installed sites.  This looks like a clear outage on the Google side.  I wish someone from Google would reply to the thread to give some insight into what causes this failure pattern,
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results arkulik 9/19/11 4:12 AM can You please veryfi my: partner-pub-4620720636534713:6630775634 it's not working in my layout in google partner laypuot everythjing is ok
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results arkulik 9/19/11 4:14 AM no error message just blank page
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results slidespost 11/2/11 12:25 AM Hi Not working for me http://www.slides.co.il/slidesSearch.php it will never return results other than a single result (my main page) and that is also just for one key word (מצגת) for other  keywords it returns no results
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results omr 11/2/11 7:01 PM @slidespost: Visit the "Sites" page of the CSE control panel.  Your site should be listed under "Included sites".  Click the site name to edit its settings.  Select:  "Include all pages whose address contains this URL" (or alternatively you can use a
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results cmrc9 11/16/11 7:52 AM My CSE is 017129887351509153482:orvoo6aw9qg The CSE has worked fine since September, and late last week we noticed it returned 0 results.  This occurs on all browsers typically used (IE, Chrome and FF).  Any feedback you can provide would be apprecia
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results omr 11/17/11 8:11 PM @ cmrc9: Please try this: Find this line in your results code: var googleSearchPath = "/cse"; Add the following line: var googleSearchQueryString = "query"; -- omr
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 11/17/11 9:09 PM Hi cmrc9, sorry for the breakage.  The issue is likely due to the transition from iframe to Custom Search Element (http://googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com/2011/11/iframe-custom-search-engines-are.html), and we hit a corner case that affected your site
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results jrstark 11/20/11 6:41 PM I'm trying to use the custom search engine code from adsense, and getting no results.  Google "site:"  gives results, but not the search box code. There is no results code to modify, so how can I fix this?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results gloopy1 11/21/11 4:35 AM We are having issues with google custom search too at http://www.gloopy.co.uk ??? is there api down or something
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results i4unews 11/22/11 4:48 AM anyone found a solution? why do some work and others not? ours stopped working somewhen last night. 001713751604670860039:oyclnxhhcfo Thanks!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results i4unews 11/22/11 7:44 AM i fixed it for me. for some reason google changed the code and q as query string does not work anymore. i use now the new element result page code and changed this line to use as_q for instead of q var queryParamName = "as_q"; fixed it for me.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results espoconnell 11/23/11 1:48 PM This issue is affecting two of our production sites at the University of Massachusetts.   hxu-cse   Does Google have an estimate on how long it will take to implement a solution across the board?  Although workarounds have been proposed in this threa
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results NathanCornella.com 12/2/11 4:49 AM I am having the same problem. I have a couple of Custom Search Engines, and only one is working. I created a new CSE, but this one is not working.  Any help? Thanks. here is my site: http://www.nathancornella.com
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 12/2/11 9:13 AM Your search engine does return results. Please tryhttp://http://www.google.com/cse?cx=CHANGE_TO_YOUR_CSE_ID&q=article Could you log into your CSE control panel (not AdSense) from http://www.google.com/cse/ , go to the Look and Feel page, select the two-pag
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results NathanCornella.com 12/2/11 12:04 PM Thanks hxu-cse.  It does works... :) I am really happy to see it working on my website. Google is the best!!
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results pnsp.arlington 12/6/11 9:23 AM My CSE: 013013713692050326596:afukbxhsmyk It has worked fine since its implementation in October, and this week we noticed it returns 0 results.  Any feedback you could provide would be much appreciated.  Look  & Feel options used: Google-hosted r
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 12/6/11 9:38 AM Could you provide example urls that are not returned under some queries where they should?
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results pnsp.arlington 12/6/11 9:50 AM example url - http://www.pnsp-state.net/, placed the CSE in http://asp.net master page.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 12/6/11 5:48 PM Seems http://www.pnsp-state.net/ is not publicly accessible. Google Custom Search only indexes public webpages.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results pnsp.arlington 12/7/11 9:57 AM Thank you for pointing this out. I have updated the hosting settings and it is accessible now.   But still no luck with CSE. It is not returning any results.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 12/7/11 4:15 PM It won't change until next time Google crawls and indexes your page.  To accelerate the process, you may want to use our on-demand indexing tool: http://support.google.com/customsearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=1652529http://support.google.com/custo
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results pnsp.arlington 12/8/11 11:05 AM OK, got it working to some extent. indexed using sitemap. Still something's amiss, CSE only returns a few results.   Since the site has dynamic pages, I added few parameters that effect the content & selected 'Let Googlebot decide' default option u
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results hxu-cse 12/8/11 12:38 PM The crawling/indexing process is not instant, so please give it sometime.  Now, I see the "TranslationId=21" doc shows up as well.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results pnsp.arlington 12/12/11 12:57 PM Yes, "TranslationId=21" shows up because I had indexed this specific URL by putting it in sitemap. "TranslationId=25” does not show up as it is not specified in the sitemap. As I mentioned before, this site has dynamic pages, I do not want to keep up
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Timka42 12/18/11 1:23 PM <This message has been deleted.>
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results fregel 7/3/12 7:40 PM It's not working also in my site: http://www.studyabstracts.com. I am using a wordpress thesis theme.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results ACFKimberly 7/16/12 7:24 AM Hi All, Did anyone ever get a resolution on this from Google? I am having the same issue. The search was working for some time without issue but has recently stopped and no amount of tweaking of settings, re-creating custom searches or editing of opt
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results sgwebmaster 8/1/12 11:26 PM I'm not getting any results suddenly on 3 sites which implemented google custom search.
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results sgwebmaster 8/1/12 11:27 PM
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Ziller 8/1/12 11:28 PM I am also having the same issue: The Google Site Search on our site http://www.videopro.com.au is currently not working.  We renewed our subscription on the 6th of July 2012. Can you you please update me on why this is not working? Regards,Scott
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results Abhinit 8/1/12 11:43 PM Hi sgwebmaster, It has stopped for one of our websites too (http://www.lismore.nsw.gov.au), can you send me the url of your websites which have been affected by this? I am trying to figure out if it's a widespread issue or specific to a certain sub-d
Re: Google Custom Search not returning any results amhey1 8/3/12 12:18 AM Check the visibility settings. If you give the div which displays the results the property - visibility: visible; - does it appear? It used to be that if it was invisible the script made it visible on search, but no more. I think it may be the option
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