I have successfully installed and currently using the googleSearch CSE component but the results on my search results page have borders around them.

I have never seen this before on any of my websites, so I'm hoping it is due to the component. Has anyone experienced this before and have a way to remedy it?

I don't see any criteria in the component that is related to a border.

Here is a link to my results page Surf Links

I found the remedy. I was using a Google partner-pub-id of a test Search engine I had in my Google Custom Search account. When I used my old trusted pub-id it fixed the issue.

So my fix was to go to my Google Custom Search account and find a good partner-pub-id.

Thanks.

See it working now...Surfing Links

The border is irritating isn't it...
My problem is the 'partner-pub' ID, when I remove this first part of the ID from my component my searches fail, I have to have it in for the search to work.
Instructions tell us to remove the partner-pub text from the component though, have you removed it?
This 'partner-pub' text is involved with the box round the ads as well, confusing.

Send a link to the problem page so I can check it out.

Yes, you do need your partner-pub id to make CSE work.

Have you gone into your Google CSE account and removed the borders by formatting of your results?

Mike - KillerSurfLinks.com

Mike, I just edited the ads in adsense for search and there is no box now in my settings, yet the box is still there...
John

If you visit my site here: http://www.paintingsandprints2.co.uk/
and look just on the left for the search box, type in anything and do a search you get the results page.
My problem is that in the Joomla component settings I have to put the full partner-pub- ID in to work, if I remove the text, partner-pub-, just leaving the alpha-numeric characters, the search results don't appear.
Now in the instructions for installing the component it says 'you must remover the text, partner-pub-', enter just the alpha-numeric characters that follow it..

Now I wondered if it's this that's making the box display problem that looks awful.
I'm confused, how to set-up the component to work properly, with the text or without it..
Do you have the text included in your component configuration Mike?
Hope this makes sense, sorry...
Take care,
John.

Hi Mike, you are right, it was the formatting in the adsense code..
Sorry I couldn't work it out quicker, thanks for your help..
Take care.
Mike, cheeky I know but could I possibly contact you through your site's contact form? Thanks..