What is indexing in search engines- for non coders
In this article, we will see what is indexing and why it is important in a search engine. Every search engine has 3 main components- Crawling. Indexing. Query processing. What is indexing / an index? Let us imagine you have a website that sells laptops online. One of your tasks is to create a search […]
PRODUCT RECOMMENDATION ENGINES- HOW DO THEY WORK?
Product Recommendations Engine A recommendation engine involves connecting users to products/ items. Let’s take an example. Let’s assume we have ratings for products. In an e-commerces store these might be implicit signals such as view, add to cart, buy, remove from cart, time spent on a product, and much more. For simplicity, we will take […]
How to enable search promotions in google custom search using regex
Steps to enable search promotions in google custom search using regex Go to https://cse.google.com/ Go to search features-> promotions. Toggle enable promotions to ON. Click on Add promotion. Enter the queries for which you want the promotion to trigger. ( you can use regex matches for example all searches beginning with the custom search you […]
Google Search Box Embed
Make sure you also read this blog on Google search box embed for more information. As you build a website, look at a search box as an element in enabling site accessibility and navigation. The role of a navigation system is not simply to anticipate and respond to what a user might be looking for: […]
Google Custom Search Remove Branding
Read this blog on Google custom search remove branding for more information. Google site search allowed it’s paid users to remove branding. But since Google Custom Search is ad-supported, this feature is no longer straightforward. One way to remove branding is by using the custom search JSON API. This is a very difficult process and […]
Google Custom Search Discontinued
Read this blog on Google custom search discontinued for more information. Google site search is being discontinued as of April 1st, 2018. Google custom search is an easy alternative to switch to but contains ads. I have mentioned a list of Google site search alternatives in this article – link. Some of these are ready-made solutions […]
google custom search daily limit exceeded
Read this blog on google custom search daily limit exceeded for more information. It has been known for a very long time that the Search Analytics data falls into 2 major categories. One is the load limits and the other is the QPS limits. If you see a ‘quota exceeded’ error, then you should know […]
google custom search cx
Read google custom search cx for more information. Google Custom Search is a commendable tool for creating a search engine for your website. You can even configure your search engine to look for both images as well as web pages. Create a custom search In order to create a custom search, it is necessary […]
Critical PHP vulnerability [Sept 2019] : What it is and fixes
On September 3, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) issued an alert related to multiple critical vulnerabilities that could allow arbitrary code execution and a recommendation that all sites using PHP should update to the latest PHP version ASAP. What is the new critical PHP vulnerability? Maintainers of the PHP programming language recently released […]
