Google Webmaster Tools - Custom Search

See below for screenshot and brief commentary on what the Custom Search category is.
Here on the left are the Google webmaster tools categories as they look when you are logged in.
Below is the same structure with clickable links which go to a Hard Web webpage with a screenshot of what is on that webmaster tools category page (in my own webmaster tools account).

• Site Configuration
  • Sitemaps
  • Crawler access
  • Sitelinks
  • Change of address
  • Settings
  • URL parameters
• Your site on the web
  • Search Queries
  • Links to your site
  • Keywords
  • Internal links
  • Subscriber stats
• +1 Metrics
  • Search impact
  • Activity
  • Audience
• Diagnostics
  • Malware
  • Crawl errors
  • Crawl stats
  • Fetch as Googlebot
  • HTML suggestions
• Labs
  • Custom Search - YOU ARE HERE!
  • Instant Previews
  • Site performance
  • Video Sitemaps

Webmaster tools - Labs - Custom Search

This tool is basically a free offer to give you a Google search bar. The free version has ads on the results page and the paid version (from $100 per year) doesn't have ads.
Since the ads show competitors I think it is worth paying for the "no ads" version if you want a Google search bar on your website.
I have one installed on this page at the top of the page..if you search for anything like web design, or SEO or SEM you can see why I wouldn't put this on my homepage unless I paid the money and took the ads off.

All the Custom Search Engine (CSE) help you will ever need.

Here is a screenshot of what the category "Custom Search" looks like in Webmaster tools (below).

Screenshots on this page are copyright © 2011 Google Inc.
If this page is not helping then you must go to the fount...Google Webmaster Tools Help (new window).
Also click to signup to get your own Webmaster tools account (new window).

Contact Hardweb - making websites work!

Web Design SEO SEM

07 5526 2939
0401 352 269

Home/Office Address
25 Savoy Drive
Broadbeach Waters
Gold Coast Queensland 4218