Integration with vBulletin - Replace search with Google Custom Search

This mod assumes you have an adsense account and are using Google Custom Search.

You want to make sure your results page is named something other than the vb default search.php, this leaves the vb option open to those who click "advanced search"

Open your template navbar


find

PHP Code:

<form action="search.php?do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search"> 


replace with the form line of the google supplied code
example:

PHP Code:

<form action="http://www.ahfb2000.com/google.php" id="cse-search-box"> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" />
<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" /> 


replace with the first 3 hidden input types in your google code
example:

PHP Code:

    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" /> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" /> 


replace with

PHP Code:

<input type="text" value="" name="q" class="textbox" /> 


find

PHP Code:

<input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" /> 


replace with

PHP Code:

<input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="sa" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" /> 


find

PHP Code:

</form> 


add this after

PHP Code:

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script> 


[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by Inferno Dragon

I have added this modification on my members request and it's working fine however it's not displaying any search result..I always gets:



I tried many keywords but it's not working :S

my search site URL in google adsense is: www.pakgamers.com/forums
and search results page URL is: http://www.pakgamers.com/forums/google.php

Have you followed these steps: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=36

Ensure you replace with your own URL and Google code....

[steveneff]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

For future reference, what is replaced in the navbar template is everything between the form tags. For vb 4.0.7, look for this code:

		<form action="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search" class="navbar_search">
			<vb:comment><input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" /></vb:comment>
			<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
			<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
			<span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" tabindex="99"/></span></span>
			<span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.<vb:if condition="(is_browser('ie') AND !is_browser('ie', 7) AND !is_browser('ie', 8))">gif<vb:else />png</vb:if>" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" tabindex="100"/></span></span>
		</form>

Replace with:

        <form action="http://www.puritanboard.com/google.php" id="cse-search-box">
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-XXXXX:XXXX" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
            <span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="q" class="textbox" /></span></span>
            <span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="sa" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" />  </span></span>
        </form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script>

Replace the partner-pub code with the code you get from setting up your custom search.

Top mod. Installed on 4.07 using this simple single edit.

I guess using this mod will cut down on database use from some of those unwanted spiders but will it have an effect on SEO with the main search engines?

[BaanFarsang]

Not compatible with vBulletin ™ Patch Level 2 Version 4.1.0, you write the method with this version?
I have just 16 digits's pub from google.

[Inferno Dragon]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Have you followed these steps: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showpost....5&postcount=36

Ensure you replace with your own URL and Google code....

Hi,

Yes I did, that's why I said it's working fine but for some weird reasons it's not displaying the search results i-e for any keyword it just display "no results found etc)

EDIT: OK, it's working fine now, I changed the domain settings in the adsense and removed the "www." part.

[greenchicken]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

For future reference, what is replaced in the navbar template is everything between the form tags. For vb 4.0.7, look for this code:

		<form action="search.php?{vb:raw session.sessionurl}do=process" method="post" id="navbar_search" class="navbar_search">
			<vb:comment><input type="hidden" name="s" value="{vb:raw session.sessionurl}" /></vb:comment>
			<input type="hidden" name="securitytoken" value="{vb:raw bbuserinfo.securitytoken}" />
			<input type="hidden" name="do" value="process" />
			<span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="query" class="textbox" tabindex="99"/></span></span>
			<span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.<vb:if condition="(is_browser('ie') AND !is_browser('ie', 7) AND !is_browser('ie', 8))">gif<vb:else />png</vb:if>" name="submit" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" tabindex="100"/></span></span>
		</form>

Replace with:

        <form action="http://www.puritanboard.com/google.php" id="cse-search-box">
    <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="partner-pub-XXXXX:XXXX" />
    <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" />
    <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="ISO-8859-1" />
            <span class="textboxcontainer"><span><input type="text" value="" name="q" class="textbox" /></span></span>
            <span class="buttoncontainer"><span><input type="image" class="searchbutton" src="{vb:stylevar imgdir_button}/search.png" name="sa" onclick="document.getElementById('navbar_search').submit;" />  </span></span>
        </form>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/cse/brand?form=cse-search-box&amp;lang=en"></script>

Replace the partner-pub code with the code you get from setting up your custom search.

This worked for me , thank you and thank you for your service.

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by BaanFarsang

Not compatible with vBulletin ? Patch Level 2 Version 4.1.0, you write the method with this version?
I have just 16 digits's pub from google.

It's compatible with all versions of vBulletin 4.x. I have 4.1.0 PL2 installed and it is working fine. Fundamentally, there's really a form that's being changed inside the navbar template and, no matter how much the navbar changes with each release, the form code that controls the functioning of Google search really remains the same.

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by steveneff

I guess using this mod will cut down on database use from some of those unwanted spiders but will it have an effect on SEO with the main search engines?

I don't see how it could affect SEO. It certainly does cut down on database use not only from spiders but from users. It also produces much more relevant search results.

[mikeinjersey]

can we make money with this....if so how ? Only if people click on the sponsored links ?

[SemperFideles]

Originally Posted by mikeinjersey

can we make money with this....if so how ? Only if people click on the sponsored links ?

Yes, if people click on the sponsored links. It's really not a whole lot of money unless your site specializes in areas that have valuable keywords. Mine does not and I make a small amount of money from sponsored links but it's not the reason I installed the mod.

[mikeinjersey]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Yes, if people click on the sponsored links. It's really not a whole lot of money unless your site specializes in areas that have valuable keywords. Mine does not and I make a small amount of money from sponsored links but it's not the reason I installed the mod.

I dont have the mod installed, but I was thinking of just allowing Google results within the Search...and no results from my site. (to increase sponsored links possibilities)

Is it possible like that ? (i'm guessing the options just need to be set correctly in the Google Adsense area)