What happened to the (Google) Search Box ?

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: Jakegday
doesnt every web browser available today come with an option to have a search bar up on top, in the browser??

It does, but you still need to tell it that you want to search within a specific site and not the whole WWW. Unless you install a plugin like the one linked above.

 

[Jakegday]

oh, so before, instead of going to google, and doing the whole "site:bobistheoilguy.com" thing, we were able to just type in our search in that search bar on this site? (i never used it...)

 

[Quattro Pete]

Yup.

 

[JoeWGauss]

I agree get rid of the Google side bar options as the default. Iwant the old format back as well.

 

[needsducktape]

Why the jump in price?

Is it because Google is our new overlord?

 

[ToyotaNSaturn]

$15K. EEEEeeeeek! Google makes enough $$ on everything else, charging so much for searching is silly as THAT is Google's backbone service.

Screw 'em. Go to www.bing.com and search BITOG with the same "site:bobistheoilguy.com" string.

How much does Microsoft charge for a Bing search box? Can't be $15K....

 

[lewdwig]

This was one of my favorite functions!

 

[lewdwig]

I was just searching BITOG with "gmc yukon hybrid"+towing and one result was "Best outboard you ever owned?". My previous employers (USN) might have responded "[censored]?".

 

[Pablo]

The way I see it Google should pay BITOG, not the other way around!

 

[wwillson]

Originally Posted By: Cutehumor
Originally Posted By: wwillson
Last year our cost for Google custom search was $100. This year the cost was going up to $15,000, which we obviously can't afford.

Wayne


seriously? 15k bucks? how does it go from $100 to $15k? we must have been using that search box like a maniac.


Yes, about 1,000 searches/day.

Wayne