It depends on how many searches your users use it for and what keywords they search for and how often they click the ads on the results.
Not as much as you would earn by people clicking your ads. But it adds to your income in its own little way and given the popularity of google as a search engine and if you place it at a strategic location,there is no reason why you cannot earn a few bucks from it. Keep it,it does no harm to your site and you can profir from it
If you are looking for pure profits, it is just a waste of space considering you could make more from a banner in that spot. But it is a different way to make some money here and there, and doesn't bother people like ads do. I'd only suggest it if you have a large amount of traffic though, because from my experiences, only a small amount of people actually utilize it.
its very very less, google just give 1-2 cents per search .. its better you use that space by putting adsense referal button or adwords or photo organizer or any other ads like firefox .. bcoz its just merely wastage of space .. you can add some affiliate button there i think you can earn from there also
i'm getting around 150 searches by day, and a 5-6 % CTR ... 30 - 50 cents per day ... its good for me
Its a pure bullshit in my opinion, the searchbox cant make money, maybe they search, but to click on the ad...well almost impossible, and there are no ads for the 90% of the keywords.. place a banner as it was said above
Seems like the search box isn't very popular. On the contrary, I find that every little thing helps. When I just need that extra dollar or so to hit my goals, I have the search box to the rescue They don't earn as much, that I agree. But it helps.
Shawn: That was such a diplomatic answer. Hats off to you!! Google search is working very well for me. I am trying to find the perfect spot for it on all of my sites and my blogs. I am currently getting about $0.50 per search term. If I were getting 1 to 5 cents each search then I would heavily consider removing it and replacing it with something else. Col
My search box makes about $2 a day. It's not bad. As someone else said it adds to your total and helps you reach your goal at the end of the day. It's the difference between $58 and $60.