Searching the Google Timeline

Posted by: Tyler Morse, Software Engineer and Dylan Casey, Product Manager

When we set out to build a timeline to commemorate Google’s 10th birthday, we wanted to add an experimental search feature. We may be a little biased, but because we needed to search a specific subset of the web, and needed customized presentation, we decided to use Google Site Search, which is powered by the Custom Search platform. Using Site Search, the team designed a customized user interface and user experience, tightly embedded within the timeline application, in a few days.…