eBook, soon to be released: Custom Search – Discover more: A Complete Guide to Google Programmable Search Engines (Amazon; publisher: Francis and Taylor)
Here are most of the currently working Custom Search Engines I have created. The links have been spread over various posts and conversations, and I felt it was time to bring them all together.
(To my disappointment, Google has recently renamed “Custom Search Engines” to “Programmable Engines.” But I like the old name better and will continue using it.)
My most popular CSE is Hidden Profiles. Since its creation in 2011, it has enjoyed tens of thousands of users weekly. (There is an interesting reason for that. Invite me for coffee, and I will share 😉 )
Colleagues say that they have appreciated My Best Diversity Custom Search Engine.
Some long-lived ones, bookmarked by many Sourcers, are:
- Document Finder
- Documents – Storage
- LinkedIn – Countries
- Email Format Discovery (enter an email domain in quotes)
- Behance Resumes
- Diversity Associations
- Emails in Resumes
- Github Repositories (search by a combination of languages and a location)
- LinkedIn – Language Proficiency
- ResearchGate Profiles
- File Types
- Language Speakers
- List Locator
- HiddenResumes.com
CSEs, unlike Google, don’t bring up captures. Use this one instead of Google not to be interrupted:
- Search Everything (no captchas!)
Newer CSEs:
- X-Ray LinkedIn (the current, correct formula)
- LinkedIn – Contact Info
- Person Finder
- Developer Resumes
- Google Scholar Profiles
- Find a Person’s Contact Info
- Github X-Ray
- Dev.to Profiles
- XING X-Ray
- Google Storage
- Fortune 100
Diversity:
- Women Profiles
- Women on LinkedIn
- ResearchGate Female Search
- SpeakerHub Female Search
- Wellness.com Female Search
- Veteran Search with Refinements
- Best Diversity Search
Utilizing Schema.org and Knowledge Graph Objects:
That is 40 CSEs for now. Let me know what kind of a CSE you want to build, and I will gladly add it.