This one totally slipped under my radar until today.

Did you know that Google has added an "open results within my own page" option to their AdSense for Search program? Now, rather than sending readers to an off site search result page you can actually build a local template to handle search results on your site! Using some tricky JavaScript Google actually generates search results and places them within your own page.

One of the major reasons I wasn't using AdSense for Search originally was it's lack of customization options. Beside being unable to customize the search box I was also disappointed with the lack of options for customizing the results page. That's all changed today.

While Google still restricts a lot of your options for displaying results (you can't display results in a space smaller than 500px) they have opened up a lot of potential. On this site, for example, I've managed to build a new WordPress theme page specifically for handling Google Search Results. Using a custom page templates, a blank page, and some code from Google you too can get AdSense for Search working in WordPress!

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I recently stumbled upon a blog that covers one of my favorite topics... a topic I've been hesitant to write about until now.

Hop Talk, as all you hopheads can probably guess, is a blog which discusses various beer related topics. After discovering it the other day I immediately started thinking back to my days drinking at and working for The Gaslight in South Orange. While I've never been big on blogging beer Hop Talk has really sparked my interest. As a result I'll be adding a new category and semi-frequent beer related posts.

Just to be safe I also went ahead and confirmed that AdSense does condone beer reviews - as long as your not selling beer. Good news no?

If you're reading this now and have any beers you'd like to recommend please let me know. Beer posting should begin soon.