How to Add a Search Box into Blogger.(Include Google Adsense Search)

By default blogger already has a google search box facility, which can be installed by the following way:

1. Login to your Blogger.
2. On your dashboard choose (click) Layout and then Page Elements.
3. Make a new gadget by clicking "Add a Gadget". Adjust selection of "Add a Gadget" in accordance with the "Search Box" placement as your plan. On this blog I put it in the top of my "Blog Posts". If you still don't have "Add a Gadget" facilities on Blog Posts and Header of Blogger Page Elements, Please visit Add the "Add a Gadget" facilities of Blogspot Gadget
4. In the "Add a Gadget" windows pop up that appears, choose/click Search Box (New!).

5. In the "Configure Search Box" Enter the title as you like on the Title column to make a name of it, and choose the Tabs as you want by checking the box (we can choose all). .

     Do not forget to saving....

 We can also install the Google Search Box facilities from Google Adsense, but you must sign up first to use this facilities.

• Sig in to Google Adsense.
• Click Adsense Setup then on the "Get Ads" tab, click "Adsense for Search Improved!." 

• Fill/Choose the search box type. If you want to search just from your site, than fill your site addres into the "selected sites" box,you can also choose search from entire web. You can manage your search result more spesifically by adjust setting in "more option". Than click Continue >>. 
• The next step is choose the search box option, you can choose the look and feel of your search box, and determine how many characters from your Text Box Lenght, click Continue >>
  
•  Next, we must determine the "Search Result Type",  Opening of search result page, where you can choose wether you would like your search result to open on Google or within your site. Ad Location, specified where you want the ads to be placed in relation to search results. and The display of search results, by setting/editing the palletes. Note: If you choose open your search results in the same window or in a new window, than the Ad Location will not be displayed/appear, instead you are allowed to enter your logo.  Click Continue >>
• The last of these step is Get Search Code, check the google additional terms agreed box, Name Your Search Engine in the box, then click Submit and Get Code.
• Just copy the script on the box. That's it, now we have a Google Adsense Search Script code so that we can display it on our blog.

1. Please login to your Blogger.

2. On your Dashboard choose (click) Layout, and then click Page Elements

3. Make a new gadget by click "Add a Gadget". Adjust selection of "Add a Gadget" in accordance with the Google Adsense Search Box's placement as your plan.

4. In the  "Add a Gadget" window pop up that appears, click HTML/JavaScript.

5. Enter the title as you like on the title column. or just leave it blank.

6. Copy the Script code you have previously obtained (above) and insert in the column content. then save.

Not only put the search box by the "Add a Gadget" Page Elements, in accordance with the contents of the posting, we can also display a search box inside our posting, as long as this search box script is in the HTML/JavaScript as shown below.
In this example, I use my Google Adsense Search Script.

    
   
   
 

If you are not a member of Google Adsense, then you can get the Script Search Box code from the internet. Just try to write html search box into the search box above, you'll get a lot of free HTML Search Box. as shown below.

NAME OF YOUR BLOG

In the next post we will discuss more spesific about search box and how to customized,, includes some examples of search box script that you can use it.