googlecustomsearch.blogspot.com - 30 days ago
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A different specification is generated for every Wikipedia page (based on url ) by a tiny AppEngine application at http://googlecustomsearch.appspot.com . The specification defines a search engine with two facets, labeled "internal" ( Linked Wikipedia pages ) and "external" ( Linked ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 30 days ago
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googleblog.blogspot.com —
We are excited to announce that we've built
a Custom Search Wikipedia skin that makes it easier...
for you to complete your research on Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows users to register and personalize their Wikipedia environment via the configuration of ...
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Official Google Blog: Contextual search within Wikipedia
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Custom Search Engine (CSE) themes, Wikipedia Custom Search Skin and Structured Custom Search Released
D' Technology Weblog —
... 3. Wikipedia Custom Search Skin provides highly contextual search results when you search within Wikipedia. You get Google search across all Wikipedia articles as well as topical results based on links on Wikipedia article you’re currently reading. ...
Google Does Some New Things with Custom Search
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... 3 tabbed groups: All Wikipedia pages, Linked Wikipedia pages, and Linked non-Wikipedia pages.
"Linked Custom Search enables the creation of dynamic search experiences, where the content being searched can be defined on the fly, and can change over time as new information becomes relevant," explains Google. "The Custom Search skin creates a Linked Custom Search engine on demand for every Wikipedia page that you navigate to."
More on that here.
Google has also now introduced "structured" custom search. If you use a ...
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