Back when this blog was located on Typepad, I had no trouble setting up my custom Google Search engine. This was ideal because it allowed me to possibly earn money when people searched my site, but more importantly, it displayed better search results than the standard search box, and it did it all from within the blog.

Since switching to WordPress at the beginning of this year, I’ve had a lot of trouble getting one set up that worked correctly, so I’ve been using the default WordPress search. I’ve tried various things, from Google Search plugins for WordPress, using plugins that allow code in posts, etc. No matter what I try, I’ve yet to have a successful search engine that displayed search results from within this blog.

Yesterday Maki made a post on Dosh Dosh that looks to cure my problem titled How to Set Up Google Custom Search and Make Money. In addition to explaining why you should do this, Maki includes a step-by-step walkthrough with pictures to help make it easy. Great job Maki!

I’m going to be going through the process this weekend and getting this blog set up with better search results.