Google search relevancy and speed

Algorithms that have been optimized to deliver fast, relevant results from corporate networks and public websites.

Google ease of use
A search interface that resembles the Google.com experience with which they are already familiar.

No ads

Integration with enterprise versions of Google Desktop and Google Toolbar

Access to search results from their desktop, corporate network and the web from a single Google search interface.

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Maximum document count

Public websites

Internal web servers and file shares

220+ file types [See full list]

Search HTML, Microsoft Office, PDF, PostScript, Word Perfect, Lotus and many others.

Real-time data from any source with OneBox [pdf ]
With the Google OneBox for Enterprise feature, you can get access to up-to-the-minute information across virtually any applications and services.

Databases [pdf ]

Search data stored in your relational databases by crawling the content directly from the database.  Supported databases include Oracle, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQLServer, MySQL, and Sybase.

Content management systems [learn more]

Lotus Notes and Domino Servers

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Easy setup

Complete the initial configuration of your Google Search Appliance in less than an hour.

Web-based administration console
Manage your search engine(s) through a secure web-based administration console.

Customizable search results interface

Customize search results layout pages using XSLT stylesheets. Provide different interfaces for different areas of your site.

Unlimited collections and front ends
Power search across multiple sites with increased security and control over the user interface of each site.

Keymatch

Set up your own "ads" for keywords.  These "ads" appear above the natural search results for keywords that you specify.  They are not ads, per se, but are placed much like the Sponsored Links you see on google.com.

Synonyms
Define synonyms for company-specific acronyms or terminology and have those terms displayed as suggested alternative queries.

Localized Administration

Administer your Google Search Appliance around the globe in 16 different languages. [see list of languages]

Continuous crawler & crawl queue reporting

New content is crawled on an ongoing basis, ensuring that new content appears in search results fast. And you can see where the crawler is going next.

SNMP Monitoring

Monitor system health, crawling, and serving statistics via a standard SNMP interface.

Source Biasing Options
Easily identify your organization's authoritative content sources to enhance the relevancy of search results.

Date Biasing Options
Bias your search results towards newer or older content.

Dynamic Result Clustering

Enable users to drill down on a specific subject and more easily refine their searches with automated grouping of search results by topic.

Query expansion

Improve relevancy and generate additional search results with query stemming and synonyms dictionaries for English, French, Italian, German and Spanish, and Portuguese.

RAID Support

Redundancy from disk drive failures, increasing reliability and uptime.

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Secure Web Content

Enable secure searching of information protected by basic HTTP authentication, NTLM version 1 and 2

Enterprise Single Sign-On

Integrate with forms-based single sign-on security systems, including Oblix and Netegrity, to enable seamless searching across secure content.

Secure Content API

Search across secure content using Google's SAML Authorization SPI to integrate into existing access control systems.

x509 Client Certificates

Serve secure results to users using mutually authenticated x509 client certificates.

Lotus Domino Security

Integrate with Lotus Notes environments using fast, efficient crawling of Lotus Domino servers.