The Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API endpoints will cease serving traffic on January 8, 2025.
Beginning on January 8, 2025, all Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API customers must begin their transition to Google Cloud's Vertex AI Search to maintain access to their site search functionality.
This year, Google Cloud has released a number of new AI products, and we are constantly working to improve our existing products with new AI features. We believe that our Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API customers will be better served by the new Vertex AI Search product, which offers a number of advanced features, including:
Advanced site search: Improved latency and domain coverage
Gen AI features: Summarization and multi-turn queries
Reverse Image search
Vertex AI integration via Vertex extension platform
Finally, we believe that the new Vertex AI Search solution will generally be more cost-effective and offer better value for our customers.
We have made the transition to Vertex AI Search as easy as possible for our partners by providing detailed transition guidance. We are here to support you through the process.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
We’re excited to share news of a new product our partners over at Google Cloud just announced, Vertex AI Search! If you use the Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API we believe this product is likely a good fit for you.
Vertex AI Search allows you to set up and deploy a Google-grade site search engine in minutes at a competitive price. In addition to the basic search experience, Vertex AI Search provides an advanced option, which includes:
Because we believe Vertex AI Search best serves the needs of site restricted search use cases, we are no longer receiving new customers for the Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API. This has no effect on existing customers.
If you are interested in moving from the Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API to Vertex AI Search, you can find transition guidance here.
Last July, we introduced the new Programmable Search Engine control panel. While we continued to provide the option to use the legacy control panel, we’re glad to see that the vast majority of customers have found value in the new control panel and made the switch permanently. During this time, we’ve worked diligently to respond to feedback and ensure the new control panel has all the features customers need and expect from Programmable Search Engine.
Today, we’re confident that the new control panel is more user-friendly and intuitive, making it easier than ever to create and manage your search engines. Therefore, the legacy control panel will be retired on June 21, 2023 and all remaining traffic will be redirected to the new control panel.
We’re confident you’ll like the new control panel as much as we do. As always, your feedback is welcome and encouraged as we continue to improve Programmable Search Engine.
