Google Expands Mini Search

Founded in 1998 by Stanford Ph.D. students Larry Page and Sergey Brin search engine giant Google Inc. (www.google.com) announced that the Google Mini has twice the search capacity.

The Google Mini can now search up to 100,000 documents for a lower price of $2,995.

The entry-level Google Search Appliance now offers search of up to 500,000 documents, for $30,000 including hardware, software, and two years of customer support.

"Content is dramatically increasing everywhere and it's no longer limited to documents, spreadsheets and presentations," said Dave Girouard, general manager of Google's enterprise business.

"Our attorneys are continually searching for information. The Google Mini helps them find exactly what they need, when they need it, using an interface they‘re already familiar with," said John Neubauer, Legal Administrator for Blitman & King LLP.

The Google Mini (mini.google.com) is an integrated hardware/software search appliance that indexes all content within a company's intranet or public website. The installation process takes several hours. Google Mini allows users to search for information just as they do with Google.com.

The Google Mini started in January and already is used by hundreds of law firms, healthcare organizations, educational institutionsand government agencies.

"The amount of content on Earthlink's Intranet continues to grow rapidly," said Jon Kerner, chief information officer for Earthlink. "This significant increase in Google Search Appliance document capacity will enable us to provide faster and more thorough searching for employees."

Mini provides enterprise-wide search across corporate web sites, intranets, databases, business applications and content management systems.