Manual
Table Of Contents
- Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance
- Contents
- Introduction
- Planning
- Setting Up
- Crawling and Indexing
- Search Experience
- Using Features to Enhance the Search Experience
- Using Front Ends
- Forcing Specific Documents to the Top of Search Results
- Suggesting Alternative Search Terms along with Results
- Grouping Search Results by Topic
- Providing Options for Navigating Search Results
- Displaying Expert Profiles with Search Results
- Providing Real-Time Connectivity to Business Applications
- Integrating Personal Content from Google Apps
- Restricting Search Results
- Controlling Automatic Searching of Synonyms
- Influencing Results Rankings
- Segmenting the Index
- Providing User Results
- Enabling User Alerts
- Displaying Translations of Search Results
- Showing Document Previews in Search Results
- Customizing the User Interface
- Collecting Metrics about User Clicks
- Essentials
- Using the Admin Console
- Using Language Options
- Extending Universal Search
- Monitoring a Search Appliance
- Getting Help
- Quick Reference
- Index
Google Search Appliance: Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance 6
Chapter 1
Introduction Chapter 1
The Google Search Appliance enables you to provide universal search to your users. You can get the
most from your Google Search Appliance by using some or all of its many features to fine-tune and
enhance universal search. Become familiar with the Google Search Appliance’s features by reading this
document and apply those features that best suit your search solution.
About This Document
This document provides an overview of the Google Search Appliance features that you can use to offer
universal search to your users. This document is intended for anyone who is responsible for any of the
following tasks:
• Making the decision to purchase a Google Search Appliance
• Selecting content sources to be indexed
• Installing and configuring a Google Search Appliance
• Creating a search experience for users
• Administering and maintaining a Google Search Appliance
Using Google Search Appliance Documentation
Google offers a comprehensive library of public documentation about the Google Search Appliance.
These documents contain in-depth information about how to use the features and functions described
in this document. See the Google Search Appliance help center, http://support.google.com/gsa, for
more information.