http://oapeon.blogspot.com/2006/11/google-cse-added-to-registry-of-open.html
(Google got in touch (!) after my posting and have said they're looking
into the problem with refinements that I refer to in my posting.)
Google CSE added to the Registry of Open Access Repositories
...
Google CSE is the normal Google web index, but constrained to a
human-edited list of web sites. The CSE is identified by a unique
(Google-generated) identifier that, when passed to Google co-op with a
query, returns matching pages from only those sites. As the creator of a
CSE you can either point users at the CSE's virtual home page (at
Google) or embed it in your own site. The level of integration into your
own site's look and feel depends on how long you're prepared to spend
implementing javascript wrappers. There are, however, some constraints
made by Google, in particular commercial users must allow advertising to
be included, and the "Google Custom Search" line must be included either
in the search box or near by (which the Google-supplied code snippets do
for you).
What Google CSE means for us registries is we can now (theoretically)
provide full-content searches of registered repositories with a minimal
of effort. This is what OpenDOAR have done, and we've followed suit in
our own search interface.
Tim.
Received on Wed Nov 22 2006 - 14:29:46 GMT