What theme or plugin is responsible for implementing the Google search bar? It looks like clicks on search results get redirected through some sort of affiliate scheme which Google is not happy about. The links themselves are fine, copying a link and pasting it into the address bar works fine. Google is not even involved. It’s these redirects from simply clicking that is causing the problem.
I suggest asking for help through the dedicated support channel of whatever has implemented this Goggle search functionality.
Thank you so much for your response! That said, IIRC I got the google search option through my google adsense page, and just copied the code into a widget. The theme I am using is Twenty-Ten, but since I do not update the blog anymore, other than back end plug-ins, I haven’t really kept up until I noticed the searches were doing that when looking for an old recipe on my site.
I tried to find some google forums, but my posts kept getting labeled as feedback instead of a support question to start a thread. Anywhere you could recommend/link?
Perhaps the search implementation you use has become obsolete? Maybe you should create a new implementation and replace the existing. I’m assuming this is an old variant of what they now call Programmable Search Engine. I’d expect a newly created search bar to work properly.
Thank you for your response! That said, I went to my Google control panel and it only shows the old search engine, but when I click get code, it shows it can only be pasted into the body on my site. I have it in the widgets since I keep it in the column on the right side. However, since I need an updated one, do you know where I can get that? I can’t find the option in my control panel. :/
EDIT – I installed the new programmable search engine using this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Dn6rSpxdY) and followed all the steps. Now when not logged in, I get this on my site..
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This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by
Lismich.
UPDATE!! I got rid of the WP Google Search plugin and instead pasted the programmable search bar code into a widget. It works! However, the results appear in a popup window. Is there any way to change that?
That’s great news! I imagine the plugin script conflicts with the programmable script.
You can select different layouts for search results, it probably defaults to “overlay”. Go to your search engine control panel and select your search engine. In the engine’s overview, scroll down to Look and Feel. Follow the All Look and Feel Settings link (or follow the left menu link). Pick your preferred layout, your selection is saved on Google’s end and will be used when your script requests search results.
It might look like you need to use the Get Code button and replace what you have, but you’ll find it’s the same code regardless of what you pick.
While you’re at it, review the other settings. You can choose a color theme or define your own set of colors which would be more compatible with your site’s design.
Thank you SO much for all of that! I went to change it and the only one that works is the overlay. ALL of the other options do the same thing – listing the results under the search bar (which I keep on the right side of the page) in a column that goes to the bottom, which is so odd. It must be my old theme (twenty-ten) which I haven’t changed because of layout issues.
It’s sort of due to your theme, but any theme will exhibit the same issue if the search bar is constrained in width due to its sidebar location. Maybe you actually do want the “Overlay” style, which will display the result in a modal that’s about 3/4 width of the entire viewport regardless of where the search bar is. Apparently overlay was not the default, I was guessing so from your description. My search bar instance was already in existence, so I’ve no idea what a new one would default to. I assumed since overlay was the first layout, that it’d be the default.
All other layouts besides overlay are constrained by the container that the search bar resides in.
Yes, I think overlay is the default since it’s the first one. However, since the other window options are not working properly, I will keep the overlay, the only question being, will popup blockers block the overlay? if that is the case, I need to reconsider.
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This reply was modified 3 years, 1 month ago by Lismich.
The default blocker in browsers wouldn’t block things like this because the popup launch is initiated by a user action. Blockers normally only prevent auto-popups that launch without user interaction. In any case, this is technically not a true popup, it’s a “modal” which resides in the same DOM as the main page, it’s just styled to look similar to a popup.
True popups that could be blocked open in a new window. Modal scripts are just altering existing page content and layout, same as any Ajax type of script would do. True popups are rare these days because of blocking potential. Modals are now de rigueur.
Well, that’s a relief because at this juncture, overlay is the only option I have!! Thank you so much for taking the time and having the patience to help me!! 🙂
