Results Page Feature Comparison: Hosted Vs. API

After you get your search site set up and we have your content indexed, it’s time to think about how you want to display the search results to your users. We offer two options:

Hosted Search Results — Recommended!

• Configure the branding, fonts, and colors of the results page using our Admin Center interface.
• All our search features are available and maintained over time.
• No developer effort on your agency’s part.

Search Results API

• To use this API to display results in your website’s frame, you’ll need developers to create a results page template in your environment .
• You should also implement our Clicks API to use alongside the Results API — this API reports click activity to our system and will complete your search analytics.
• For searchers to use new search features we introduce over time, your developers will need to update your environment’s results page template.

Analytics Features	Available on Hosted Search Results Page?	Available in Results API?
Query Tracking to see what people searched for on your website	Yes	Yes
Click Tracking to see what people clicked on from the results pages	Yes	Yes — requires a secondary API call
Referrer Tracking to see where people were when they ran their searches	Yes	No

Content Features	Available on Hosted Search Results Page?	Available in Results API?
Domains to search by default	Yes	Yes
Collections to search alternative locations	Yes	No
Best Bets — Text and Graphics options, to post recommended items at the top of results	Yes	Yes
Routed Queries to send searchers to specific pages	Yes	Yes — requires additional logic
RSS Feeds — document search	Yes	Yes — requires separate endpoint call
YouTube Videos	Yes	Yes — requires separate endpoint call
Flickr	Yes	No
MRSS Feeds — image search	Yes	No
Jobs	Yes	Yes
Federal Register Documents	Yes	Yes
Health Topics	Yes	Yes
Faceted Search	Planned	Yes