We leveraged the Google Search Co-op starting in 2006 but Google has renamed that Programmable Search and blocked our original use case.
Building Communities using Search Co-op
We have added Google’s Search Co-op [Google has subsequently deprecated their Co-op offering] to our Resources page. As an entrepreneur, you need to dabble in so many fields. Some areas of expertise an startup needs are legal, accounting, funding, marketing, sales, public relations, recruiting, hiring, partners, and advisers. We work with some great experts and partners and you can take advantage of their best practices, checklist and templates. If you need help with Learning the Business Side of Consulting, Growing My Software Startup, or Developing a Product, take a look at the resources we have gathered together.
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One feature I would still like is an article rating system. I would like readers to quickly rate how useful the article was for them.
Update Feb-23-2026: Search Co-op was renamed Google Programmable Search which Google now explicitly positions Programmable Search as a tool for site?specific search experiences (documentation portals, content libraries, intranet-like sites), not for broad web search. New engines created since January 20, 2026 must use “Sites to search” and are limited to a maximum of 50 domains; “Search the entire web” is no longer available for new projects.