>Can you use Google Custom Search for a full index web search?Last I looked, I t...

jrochkind1 · on May 4, 2016

Thanks. One of the comments on that SO answer from Aug 2015 says:

> WARNING: we did development using the free version, but to upgrade to the paid version (to do more than 100 searches), google forces you to turn off the "search the entire web but emphasize included sites"

I remain not very confident that you can really search the whole web with google custom search, or if you can that it's not some kind of a loophole that google might close without warning.

But if someone has actually done this succesfully, with a paid account for more than 100/queries a day, I would definitely be interested in hearing about it!

ellyagg · on May 4, 2016

Yes, you can search the whole web. We have been using a pool of credit cards to make up to a million requests per month.

hantusk · on May 4, 2016

I am doing this successfully with 1,000 queries in a day, and the limit it 10k queries per day (pay per 1,000 queries)

The billing system is confusing. You just have to sign up for billing, and you can raise the limit.

The upgrade in the google system, is only if you want site search with no ads.