Google Search iFrame works in Chrome and firefox but not IE8

Question

I use Google site search in a IFrame for my sites search engine. When I search for something in Chrome/FireFox "Flight" I get the results page. When I do the same search in IE8 I get 404 error.

Site: www.everydayfiction.com Search box is on the right hand side in the sidebar.

The strange thing is that in IE8 when I do the search I get the following URL:

http://www.everydayfiction.com/search/?cx=007529419963335588653%3Axv8pw52zy20&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Flight

But when I do the same search in Chrome/Firefox I get this URL:

http://www.everydayfiction.com/search/?cx=007529419963335588653:xv8pw52zy20&cof=FORID:9&ie=UTF-8&q=Flight&sa=Search&siteurl=www.everydayfiction.com/search/%3Fcx%3D007529419963335588653%253Axv8pw52zy20%26cof%3DFORID%253A9%26ie%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dfight%26sa%3DSearch 

What is going on? How do I resolve this? Suggestion? comments?

Answer 1

Looks like you have a mod_rewrite or script-based directive which is forcing the 404 error - the error itself is generated at the webserver level, not by any client-side code (i.e. Google SiteSearch).

Answer 2

Your search works OK for me in Chrome, Firefox AND IE8 - I get the same results in all browsers - no 404. I get the short URL in the address bar in all browsers, of the form:

http://www.everydayfiction.com/search/?  
cx=007529419963335588653%3Axv8pw52zy20&cof=FORID%3A9&ie=UTF-8&q=Flight

If I view the frame source in Chrome then I get a long URL similar to the long URL you have posted but rurl= instead of siteurl=

My initial thought was that may be you have third party cookies disabled in IE8 (although TBH I'm not sure why that would produce a 404!?), but I have third party cookies disabled in Chrome and it still works OK.