Thanks for responding, Mitch.  I checked the host > schedule and and the indexer task is not showing up there.  There's a search engine scheduler task.  How would I set the indexer task up and how can I check if the mod supports ISearchable interface.  I'm running a clean install of 4.8.2.  I would like for the user to be able to use this control as intended with a site search or searching the web.  I changed the default pub id in the resx files for my google id instead of the deault.  Are there any other hidden codes or id's in this version.  Thanks for helping - this is a really uncovered area. 

Thanks Brandon - I checked both the schedule and text/html module definition.  They are as you specified, but still doesn't pick up any information in a text module.  Do you know all the files that would be in the calling chain of this search feature?  I am modifing a skin that had only the web search enabled and it looks the same, after enabling the show site option, as the default dnn grey or blue.  Could I reapply the files that would be effected?