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Welcome! This tutorial will help you create a customized search in just a few
minutes. This tutorial explains how to implement a simple Programmable Search Engine
using a predefined javascript widget. For more fine-grained control over search
results, see JSON and XML API in the
Developer Guide.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to:
build a simple Programmable Search Engine
implement a search box on your page
add features to the search box
customize the look and feel of your search results
By the end of the tutorial, you will have implemented a search feature on a website, searching a predefined set of sites, using the free version of Programmable Search Engine.
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