You may embed your minicloud into your website starting (main) page. The minicloud with vertical "portrait" layout is optimal for the sidebar, while the minicloud with horizontal "landscape" layout might me embedded at the center.
The desired dimensions of your minicloud can be changed on the Cloud Settings page. When users click on minicloud's More results... they go to the full-size cloud if it is set in the Results URL field on the Cloud Settings page or to the full-size cloud preview.
The minimum recommended size for the minicloud with "portrait" layout is 240 х 400 pixels. It is recommended to set up several search results with the minicloud and make the widget high enough without the results scrollbar. It is recommended to place the widget as high up the site as possible.
Here are some examples of embedding the "portrait" layout minicloud in the sidebar:
