Scholarship Search Engine FAQs

• What makes this search different than a normal Google search?
• What if I find a website that should be included in this search engine database?
• I’m getting the homepages of websites in my results, not the pages with the scholarship information. What am I doing wrong?
• How do I link to The Scholarship Search Engine from my website?
• How do I Add The Scholarship Search Engine to My Website?

What makes this search different than a normal Google search?

A normal Google search pulls information from their entire index of websites. This Scholarship Search Engine only pulls information from high quality websites that were hand selected by the staff of College Scholarships.org.

Google monetizes their search service using pay per click ads. The Scholarship Search Engine is not for profit, and thus shows no ads.

What if I find a website that should be included in this search engine database?

We encourage worthy additions to the Scholarship Search Engine database. Simply use this contact form and send us the URL for review.

I’m getting the homepages of websites in my results, not the pages with the scholarship information. What am I doing wrong?

You are probably not targeting your search. Although this is a search engine specific to scholarships, you will still need to enter the words “scholarship” or “scholarships” into your search. If you were looking for scholarships for women, you would not enter “women” as the search term; you might enter “women’s scholarships”. If you test these two examples, you will see the great difference in results.

How do I link to the Scholarship Search Engine From My Website?

To use the text link shown below, copy and paste the following code into your site:

Scholarship Search Engine

<a href="https://www.collegescholarships.org/search/">Scholarship Search Engine</a>

To use the logo link shown below, copy and paste the following code into your site:

<a href="https://www.collegescholarships.org/search/"><img src="https://www.collegescholarships.org/images/200searchlogo.jpg" alt="The Scholarship Search Engine." /></a>

How do I Add The Scholarship Search Engine to My Website?

Copy and paste the following code.

<!-- Google CSE Search Box Begins --> <p><a href="https://www.collegescholarships.org/search/"><img src="https://www.collegescholarships.org/images/200searchlogo.jpg" alt="The Scholarship Search Engine." /></a></p> <form id="searchbox_018095702186603497595:oheqrhpagdk" action="https://www.collegescholarships.org/search/"> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="018095702186603497595:oheqrhpagdk" /> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:9" /> <input name="q" type="text" size="40" /> <input type="submit" name="sa" value="Search" /> <img src="http://google.com/coop/images/google_custom_search_smnar.gif" alt="Google Custom Search" /> </form> <div id="results_018095702186603497595:oheqrhpagdk"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> var googleSearchIframeName = "results_018095702186603497595:oheqrhpagdk"; var googleSearchFormName = "searchbox_018095702186603497595:oheqrhpagdk"; var googleSearchFrameWidth = 580; var googleSearchFrameborder = 0; var googleSearchDomain = "google.com"; var googleSearchPath = "/cse"; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.google.com/afsonline/show_afs_search.js"></script> <!-- Google Search Result Snippet Ends -->

It will render on your site like so: