Index 1. How to configure the PPC Module. 2. How to include PPC Links with PowerSeek Search Results 3. How to include PPC Links inside PowerSeek categories: 4. How to display PPC links on any external web page or any other web site 5. How to Place Links in PowerSeek Templates to Enable Advertiser Logins

1. How to configure the PPC Module.

To configure this plug-in, go to the PPC Control Panel - Then click the 'Settings' tab. Now click the 'Global Engine Settings' link.Go through all the settings and change the configuration to your preferences. Note that you will have to register a Kanoodle.com and/or Searchfeed.com account to display their PPC links with your own PPC links from your own Advertisers. The Kanoodle/Searchfeed feature has been created to act as a supplement to display PPC results in the event where you have nothing to display from your own advertisers.

2. How to include PPC Links with PowerSeek Search Results

You will need to edit your the PowerSeek 'Main Search Page' template to include PPC links with your PowerSeek search results. Follow the steps below to edit your PowerSeek 'Main Search Page' template.

Step 1

Edit the PowerSeek 'Main Search Page' by going to the PowerSeek Control Panel >> Template Manager >> Click on ' Main Search Page (searchres.html)'. Then add the following variable word: !!ppc_results!! to the template where you would like PPC Links to display.

Step 2

Now register a dummy account and add PPC links to this account so that you can check that PPC links are available with your PowerSeek search results.
You can register a dummy PPC Account here:
/ppc_registration.cgi

Step 3

If you want to include PPC results when end-users searched for keywords where a match could not be found in the PowerSeek database, do the following:

• Go to the PowerSeek Control Panel >> Settings >> Global Engine Settings
  Look for a setting that reads 'What to use when a search revealed no matches?'
  Set this setting to: 'Use and the template called no_match.html'.   
• Go to the PowerSeek template manager and add the variable word: !!ppc_results!! to the no_match.html template where you would like the PowerSeek PPC search results displayed.

3. How to include PPC Links inside PowerSeek categories:

Firstly the PowerSeek category template needs to be edited to add support for displaying the PPC Links inside the categories. To do this, go to the PowerSeek Control Panel >> Click on: 'Directory Template HTML Code (defdir.html)' to edit the category template.

Add the following HTML code to the template where you would like the PPC links displayed:

<iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" width="750"
src="/ppc_if.cgi?keywords=!!keywords!!&page_nr=!!page_nr!!">
</iframe>

Notes about the HTML code above:

The height and width properties above (200 and 750) is the size of the box that will display PPC links. You can change these values to the height and width according to how you would like the PPC links to display inside categories.

4. How to display PPC links on any external web page or any other web site

You can also display PPC links on ordinary web pages. Copy and paste the HTML code given below into your web pages.

<iframe frameborder="0" height="200" scrolling="no" width="750"
src="http://www.yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/pseek/ppc_if.cgi?keywords=specify+keywords+here">
</iframe>

Notes about the HTML code above:

• Inside the HTML code above replace 'specify+keywords+here' with keywords of your own. PPC links will be displayed in accordance to the keywords provided.
   
• The height and width properties above (200 and 750) is the size of the box that will display PPC links. You can change these values to the height and width according to how you would like the PPC links to display inside web pages.

5. How To Place Links in PowerSeek Templates to Enable Advertiser Logins

You will most likely want to place links to the 'PPC Advertiser Login' area and 'PPC Registration form' from your Directory and other PowerSeek pages displayed to end-users.

To do this open your PowerSeek templates and place the following links inside them so that the 'PPC Advertiser Login' and 'PPC Registration' forms are available from your Search Engine & Directory.

The links you can use are as follows:

• PPC Advertiser Login Link: /ppc_login.cgi
  You could for example add the following HTML code to your PowerSeek templates:
  <a href="/ppc_login.cgi">PPC Advertiser Login</a>
   
• PPC Advertiser Registration Form: /ppc_registration.cgi
  You could for example add the following HTML code to your PowerSeek templates:
  <a href="/ppc_registration.cgi">Advertise</a>