[GCS] | Google custom search not working! How to fix?

When you create a Google custom search, the autocomplete might take some time to go live.

To fix your Google custom search not working issue, follow the steps below.

1. Login into your Google custom search control panel.
2. Choose your custom search engine.
3. Go to Search features-> Autocomplete and “enable autocomplete”.Basic
4. Go to Setup-> Basics-> Get code and copy the code.
5. Edit this code following the instructions below for enabling autocomplete in the google custom search code, replace

   <gcse:search></gcse:search>

   with

   <gcse:search enableAutoComplete="true"></gcse:search>

   For example-

   <script>
     (function() {
       var cx = '003606982592251140240:5xbiwoxb3m0';
       var gcse = document.createElement('script');
       gcse.type = 'text/javascript';
       gcse.async = true;
       gcse.src = 'https://cse.google.com/cse.js?cx=' + cx;
       var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
       s.parentNode.insertBefore(gcse, s);
     })();
   </script>
   <gcse:search enableAutoComplete="true"></gcse:search>

   This will enable autocomplete.

6. You might have to wait for 24 hours for the changes to appear.
7. Google custom search autocomplete comes with ads. For an ad free experience, you could sign up for ExpertRec’s autocomplete service.

Fix Your google Custom Search