Welcome!
Motivation:
How your shop's search-feature works depends on version used and modules integrated.
Among other nice search extensions/moudles someone did a fuzzysearch or soundex which gives users more freedom in search, but the case exists that your shop does not fit any reasonable products, and show an ugly page.
So instead of extending the limits for fuzzy,soundex, or showing some crossselling features etc i thought of using Google's CustomSearch Engine - Feature with this request.
It's your decision what is included in your engine. ( you could include your own shop for a reference who's search is smarter ;) or just include a shop you know who has something you dont't have, maybee some cooperations... whatever.
Introduction:
Got into integrating this quickly, but saw there was room for improovements so i'll share this with you. It shows a way how to integrate this into modifiedshop's structure.
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Features*
- integrate CSE to your default-search
- use CSE with default-like search-box
feel free to contact me for any issues
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