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Tony Whitehall
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how to have search engine without ads in Dreamweaver

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How can I have search engine without ads in Dreamweaver?

 

I've installed and have been using Adobe's search engine, and it was working well.

 

But at some point, it began showing ads in search results that are irrelevant to my Web site, and those irrelevant ads appear before the search results that relate to my Web site.  And I noticed that at least one user searching my site was confused by seeing those irrelevant ads appearing in her search of my site, and she immediately gave up on searching my site, saying the search moter didn't work.

 

Also, I now have the problem that at some point, some words that appear on my Web site don't appear when I type them in the Google search motor window in my Web site.

 

It may be because I stopped indexing my site using Site Automator.  I think that was because Site Automator started charging for its site indexing service.

 

So my sitution is messy, and I fear this be one of those nightmarish technical problems that takes a major amount of difficult work and time to resolve.

 

I'm using Dreamweaver 2020.

 

Thanks.

 

Tony

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    Correct answer Nancy OShea

    @Tony Whitehall,

    I have no idea what an "Adobe Search Engine" is particularly since Adobe doesn't make a search engine.  That's mainly Google's and Bing's turf.

     

    Free Find has a free (with ads) and paid (without ads) search engine you could use.   Some of my clients use it with good results.  Just copy and paste their <form> into your web page.  Before you buy anything though, give the free version a try to see what you think of it.

    https://www.freefind.com/

     

    Hope that helps.

     

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    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 2, 2021

    Add a custom Google search to your website.

    https://support.google.com/programmable-search/answer/4513903?hl=en

     

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Tony WhitehallAuthor
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    May 2, 2021

    Thanks, Nancy.

     

    I mean that I have and am using Google (not Adobe) Custom Search, and that's what's causing the problems.

     

    I'd rather use Google Custom Search instead of Free Find, because I already have worked much to learn and install and use Google Custom Search.  It makes more sense to me to use my existing search motor than starting from scratch with another search motor that I know nothing about.

     

    How can I get Google Custom Search to index all of my Web pages, and to work without ads being imposed at the top of my search results?

     

    Tony

     

     

    Nancy OShea
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    Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 2, 2021

    This is not a Dreamweaver question.  Ask Google.

     

    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      May 2, 2021

      @Tony Whitehall,

      I have no idea what an "Adobe Search Engine" is particularly since Adobe doesn't make a search engine.  That's mainly Google's and Bing's turf.

       

      Free Find has a free (with ads) and paid (without ads) search engine you could use.   Some of my clients use it with good results.  Just copy and paste their <form> into your web page.  Before you buy anything though, give the free version a try to see what you think of it.

      https://www.freefind.com/

       

      Hope that helps.

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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      B i r n o u
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      May 2, 2021

      what is the purpose of your search engine?

      • to search the web in general ?
      • search within your site ?
      • search in specific lexicons ?
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      Tony WhitehallAuthor
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      May 3, 2021

      The pupose of my search engine is to search within my site for words that appear on my site.

       

      I don't need a search engine to search the Web, because there are already Hotbot, Lycos, Bing, Gigablast, Yahoo, Mama, DuckDuckGo, etcetera for that, so I don't need to 'reinvent the wheel'.

       

      Tony 

      Nancy OShea
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      Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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      May 3, 2021
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      The pupose of my search engine is to search within my site for words that appear on my site.

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      In that case, you need a searchable database (MySQL, SQL or similar). Without one, you'll need to rely on commercial search engines like Google and Bing, etc...

       

      Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
      BenPleysier
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      May 2, 2021
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      I've installed and have been using Adobe's search engine, and it was working well.


      By @Tony Whitehall


      Which search engine is that?

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      Tony WhitehallAuthor
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      May 3, 2021

      I meant that I'm using Google Custom Search or Google Programmable Search (not Adobe).

       

      Sorry for that mistake.

       

      Tony

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