Google Custom Search Engines

I was working on a new blog template the other day, and decided I wanted to add in a search box for searching the blog. I didn't want to use a Technorati search box like the one I've got on this template, so I started looking around. Turns out Google's got just the thing I was looking for. It's called Google Custom Search Engine, and so far it looks really cool.

With Custom Search Engine, you can do all sorts of things. I'm using it to search just the domain for the blog, but you can include as many different domains as you want. Or exclude certain domains. You can let other people contribute to your engine. You can choose to give extra weight to certain keywords and phrases in the results of your Custom Search Engine. You can pick "refinements" that help searchers narrow their searches. And I don't even know what else.

And there's one more really cool thing you can do with your Custom Search Engine. You can link it to your Adsense account so that you make money with it!