Google Adsense for Search confusion

[Booneman]

I've been using adsense for search for a couple of months now. I switched to the new because it's not as bulky on my site.

But do I have this correct? Is this supposed to search for content within my pages? Because I tried to search for a topic for which I have a lot of discussion on and I get no results within my pages.

I'm stumped 'cause I know I set it up right.

Thanks...

[himalayaswater]

It takes some time to display result. Wait for some time.

[Booneman]

Thanks for the speedy response! We live in an "instant gratification" world, don't we. I'll be patient...

[farmboy]

Is this supposed to search for content within my pages?

Does it search for content within your pages or does it search for content within your pages that has previously been indexed by Google?

FarmBoy

[rocker]

Because I tried to search for a topic for which I have a lot of discussion on and I get no results within my pages.

The Site Search results will only show pages from your site that are in Google's index.

[Booneman]

Google's index I'm finding, only refreshes and collects new data maybe once a week? Is this the norm?

[leadegroot]

A Google search box on your site will return more or less the same results you would get searching from the google search bar or homepage.
Its not supposed to be a 'personal search engine' its just google paying us money for sending them searchers.
So the results will depend on your crawl rate, page quality, backlink count, etc etc. All the normal SEO things.

[SteveWh]

Do a Google site: search on your site. Those are the only pages of yours that Google has in its index, so those are the only ones that will be searched for the search terms you specified.

If Google has your site poorly indexed, then the results for site search will be poor.

[vero]

Instead of the Adsense search, I use the Google Custom Search Engine, and then link it to my Adsense account. I haven't seen the "new and improved" adsense search, but when I set up my pages, the custom search engine was a much better product, belnded with my site, and searches only my site, just like a regular searchbox would.
It returns results with ads above them (next to is an option also), and my account gets credited if someone licks on the ad (Of course, that means they aren't clicking on the links to my own site, but if I have to send people away from my site, at least I'm getting paid for it!)

[Booneman]

Vero...thank you. This has been a post that keeps on giving! I think what you've done with a search box is somethin I'll consider. Appreciate it...