The Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API endpoints will cease serving traffic on December 18, 2024.
Beginning on December 18, 2023, all Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API customers must begin their transition to Google Cloud's Vertex AI Search to maintain access to their site search functionality.
Why are we transitioning to Google Cloud Vertex AI Search?
This year, Google Cloud has released a number of new AI products, and we are constantly working to improve our existing products with new AI features. We believe that our Custom Search Site Restricted JSON API customers will be better served by the new Vertex AI Search product, which offers a number of advanced features, including:
Advanced site search: Improved latency and domain coverage
Gen AI features: Summarization and multi-turn queries
Reverse Image search
Vertex AI integration via Vertex extension platform
Finally, we believe that the new Vertex AI Search solution will generally be more cost-effective and offer better value for our customers.
What does this mean for me?
We have made the transition to Vertex AI Search as easy as possible for our partners by providing detailed transition guidance. We are here to support you through the process.
We appreciate your understanding and cooperation. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.