migrating from nominatim

//replacing this:
//var geoCodeURL = "http://nominatim.openstreetmap.org/search?format=json&q=";

//with this:
var geoCodeURL = "http://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=";

var zoomToPlace = function() {
   var address = document.getElementsByName("geocoder")[0].value;
   if (!address)
      alert("Please type an address or location!");
   else {
       $.ajax({
              type: "GET",
              dataType: 'json',
              url: geoCodeURL + encodeURI(address),
              error: function(jqXHR, textStatus, errorThrown){
                alert('error: ' + textStatus + ' ' + errorThrown);
              },
              success: function (response, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest) {
                  //console.log(response);
                  if (!response.length) {
                     alert('geocoder did not return any records');
                  } else {
                      // zoom to first returned
                      var lng = response[0].lng;
                      var lat = response[0].lat;
                      {{ module }}.map.setCenter(
                         new OpenLayers.LonLat( lng, lat).transform(
                            new OpenLayers.Projection("EPSG:4326"),
                            {{ module }}.map.getProjectionObject()
                         ), 13);
                  }
              }
        });
  };
}

// Then down in the HTML . . .

<p>Zoom to Address:
<input id="{{ id }}_geocoder" name="geocoder" value="">
<button type="button" onclick="zoomToPlace()" >Go!</button>
</p>