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**Power-ups**

# Google Search Power-up

# Google search power-up overview

The Google search power-up enables bots to perform Google searches directly within the chat environment. This feature enhances the bot's capabilities by providing access to real-time information available on the web.

The easiest way to see how this power-up works is to watch video below:

# Example use-cases

- **News Updates** - Users can stay informed about current events and news by searching for news articles and headlines related to their interests.
- **Educational Resources** - Students can use the power-up to search for educational resources such as research papers, articles, and study materials.
- **Technical Documentation Search** - Developers and IT professionals can search for technical documentation and manuals within a specific website to find solutions to technical problems or learn how to use software and tools.

# Google search power-up setup

To add a Google search power-up, navigate to the Power-ups tab on your bot’s dashboard. Select the Google search power-up and click the Create power-up button.

After adding a new “Google search power-up”, you will be taken to its settings page. If you add it without changing any settings, it will be able to search the whole web.

- **Name and Description** - You can assign a name and description to the power-up. The description should provide clear instructions to the bot regarding the purpose and usage of the function.
- **Site** - Add a site if you want to constrain the search only to a specific site. Leaving this field blank allows the bot to search the entire web.
- **Query** - You can define a search query if you wish to perform the same search each time the power-up is used.

![google-search-power-up-settings.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1711627495/google_search_power_up_settings_f76ce56602.png)

# How it works

Your bot will decide when to use the power-up based on the instructions provided in the power-up description. In the following example, the bot uses the Google search power-up to retrieve real-time flight information based on the user's query.

![search-flights-chat.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1711627495/search_flights_chat_3d5dd70898.png)

This example demonstrates the usage of the Google search Power-Up to find current research articles on a site specified in the power-up settings.

![research-articles-chat.png](https://res.cloudinary.com/djyjvrw5u/image/upload/v1711627495/research_articles_chat_ccecd1f0bc.png)