Google that in April 2017 will stop renewing licenses for your Google Site Search servicea product it has sold to web publishers applying industry-leading search technology to their own sites.
What is Google Site Search
This payment service powers the internal search engine of each website, based on Google search technology. Its business model is based on selling licenses whose price varies according to the volume of searches that the company wanted to contract, when it was exhausted, the license was renewed.
Now, by email to its users that as of April 1, will stop selling new Google Site Search licenses and renewals.
Existing customers will be able to continue to use Google Site Search for the life of their current license, but once a customer’s allotment of search queries has been exhausted, the account will be automatically converted to the Custom Search Engine (or “Custom Search”) formatthe search engine that shows Google advertising.
As a courtesy, for Google Site Search users whose contracts expire between April 1 and June 30, 2017, Google will provide a free three-month extension at your service with additional inquiries.
What is Custom Search Engine
According to the release, Custom Search Engine is a free versionsupported by advertising from Google’s search technology, which has similar functionalities to those of Google Site Search.
Therefore, Google recommends its customers study the differences between these two formats of their products and that those who do not wish to move to the free version can remove the existing search engine if they wish. The main difference between these two products seems obvious: what is displayed in the browser.
Google boosts its business technology G Suite
The news about the removal of Google Site Search comes just over a year after Google announced that it would end its program. Google Search Appliancewhich bundled Google search on hardware that worked in the companies’ own data centers.
This is why it seems that Google is decoupling its ad-based technology from its business technology, based on G Suitea suite of work applications that includes a text editor and spreadsheets and email that they compete with Microsoft Office.
According to the statements of a Google spokesman Google “will follow building new features and investing in new technologies that will turn enterprise search into a great experience for your customers” and highlighted that recently, the general availability of Google Cloud Search for G Suite customers.
So if you are a user of this personalized Google search engine, you will have to look for some other search technology, if you require greater control in your internal browser.
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