InternetGoogle expands search appliance capacity (CNET)

CNET - Google has expanded the capacity of its Search Appliance and made other improvements to the customized server that lets people search their companies' documents.

Google has expanded the capacity of its Search Appliance and made other improvements to the customized server that lets people search their companies' documents. The earlier incarnation of the device could index as many as 3 million documents, but the newer model can handle 10 million, said Matthew Glotzbach, director of product management for enterprise at Google. Other changes include the ability to present search results based on descriptive metadata associated with documents and the ability for administrators to customize search results for different categories of employees, he said. Google makes the vast majority of its revenue and profit by selling text ads that appear on its publicly available Web search site, but the search server is one of a handful of other areas where the company is actively trying to make money. The price, which covers support and hardware problems for two... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetNew Google box for offices can search 10 million files (Reuters)

Reuters - Google Inc said on Tuesday it is an offering an upgraded version of the hardware appliance its sells to companies and government organizations for Google-style Web search of office documents.

InternetStudy finds Net search becoming far more prevalent (AP)

AP - The search box is everywhere online these days. It's built into Web browsers. It's incorporated into Web sites of all sorts. And it's a major driver of traffic and revenue for Google Inc. and the like.