Comments on: ProBlogger Community Search Engine – Submit Your Sites

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By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:08:47 +0000

Thank you for the information…I will definitely utilize it! :)

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[...] Wem die ausführliche Suchfunktion dieses Blogs ( siehe oben rechts ) nicht reicht, der mag vermutlich mit der Fussball Blog Suche vom Ball Blog weiterkommen. Erstellt wurde diese Suche mit Hilfe von Google Co-Op, das gerade durch alle Blogger-Sphären zieht. Um es kurz zu machen: Man kann seine eigene Google Suche aufbauen und nur bestimmte Seiten in den Suchergebnissen zulassen. [...]

By: james

james — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 00:29:37 +0000

And, I just thought I would show you a site that I’ve created using the Custom Search Engine and the AJAX Search API (from an avid problogger reader):

http://findingfunnies.com

A search engine for jokes… Of course, just a first attempt, but I thought it turned out pretty well. ;-)

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By: Larry Eiss

Larry Eiss — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:59:37 +0000

When I “volunteered” it asked me to log in and then click to volunteer, but there was no interface for specifying my site or an image. Let me know how to go about that and I will.
–Larry

By: Michael Didier

Michael Didier — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:00:47 +0000

Ok, tried to register and nothing happened. Anyway, mine is a new political blog and I’d love to contribute. http://www.minor-ripper.blogspot.com

By: Robyn Tippins

Robyn Tippins — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 18:13:28 +0000

I clicked on ‘volunteer’ but it just refreshes the page. Am I doing it wrong?

By: Darnell Clayton

Darnell Clayton — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:43:07 +0000

Thanks Darren!

You just solved a huge problem for me!

You see, the Ad Sense for Search box (for some strange reason) does not work in the new Blogger Beta. Ironically however the Google Coop does.

Thanks Darren! I owe you one!

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:36:25 +0000

Darren,

We would love to be part of the ProBlogger Search Engine community. Would you kindly approve our website http://www.consumersdeals.com for inclusion into the ProBlogger Search Engine?

Our website features deals from merchants. There is a link to our blog from the website.

Thanks,
Matt

By: Putch

Putch — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:56:42 +0000

Upon checking this out, three features stood out:
1) You can exclude sites that you do not want in the results
2) You can easily do so using the Google Marker
3) Anyone can volunteer to help

So we decided to throw up an experiment to encourage everyone to mark spam sites to be excluded from search results.

Working together as a community we may be able to radically improve the quality of the search results (or perhaps just get in a blacklisting war?)

The result is Putch – http://www.putch.com

By: graydon

graydon — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:26:28 +0000

I was going to experiment with the Google Marker button that you can add to the top…

Went to a site that I would want to add…
Clicked the Google Marker button…
Got a notice that Google Toolbar had blocked the pop-up…

I hear a Homer Simpson “Doh!”… coming from somewhere…

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:14:19 +0000

Well, it’s easy to stop contributing! :D
Ahhh, only faceless people on there now!(before you start scrolling!)

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 14:07:23 +0000

I haven’t been able to upload a picture to personalize my inclusion. The display is also a bit of a mess, but that can be fixed with the custom version.

I do have some other concerns, but can’t test them until you switch on monetization ;)

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:56:51 +0000

This is the kind of thing I’ve been wanting to add to the Blue Fish Network but hadn’t found an easy way to do it. Trust Google to come up with the solution! It’s a nice system, though mine is set up not to accept contributions as it only searches Blue Fish member sites and that’s a predetermined list.

By: Simone

Simone — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:52:27 +0000

Oh great, how embarrassing, now I’m the only one with a photo up there (ok, I can see more if I scroll)! Argh! And when I tried to submit that photo (to test it!), I thought it didn’t work…!!

Right, off to change some things…!!!

Yes, I agree it’s quite a strange system… Oh well, it’s beta! :D
I do like it though, for my internal search. And I’ve created a Perth blog search, but not sure what I’ll do with it yet!

By: Create a Google coop custom search and connect to an Adsense account » Make You Go Hmm

Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:20:54 +0000

[...] Problogger Darren is soliciting his readers to add family friendly sites to his custom search. The light yellow color scheme for the search results is hard on the eyes, Darren, if you happen to read this feedback. I clicked on the volunteer button and it seemed to do nothing. Maybe a message was sent to him to approve me? Terrible UI response. When you click on links something should always happen. Send me to a page or pop a message that indicates the information has been successfully submitted. Call me a name. Do something besides blink the page as if nothing happened. Bad Google. [...]

By: Blaine Moore (Run to Win)

Blaine Moore (Run to Win) — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:04:30 +0000

Yeah, I tried to contribute, but you have to be approved first. I think I prefer the “submit a site and have that approved” methodology; maybe they will implement that in the future.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:26:49 +0000

I was just about to make something similar ;)

When you click to become a contributor, it shows up in your co-op account that you have requested to become a contributor.

I believe Darren has set this up that contributors have to be authorised (which will prevent spam). Of important note is that there is a limit of 100 contributors.

There are things that are different regarding Google Co-op CSE and Adsense for Search, not just the community aspect, which I have explored in more detail on my blog.

Waiting for authorisation Darren :)