Google Search Appliance Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance - Manual (Page 7)

Google Search Appliance: Getting the Most from Your Google Search Appliance Introduction 7
Read more about the Google Search Appliance features and functions that interest you by clicking the
links within this document to navigate to relevant documents in the library of public Google Search
Appliance documentation.
Also, for essential information about deploying a Google Search Appliance, see the Google Search
Appliance “Notes from the Field,”
http://support.google.com/gsa/bin/answer.py?answer=2721831 .
What Is Universal Search?
Universal search is the ability to search all content in an enterprise through a single search box.
Although content sources might reside in different locations, such as on a corporate network, on a
desktop, or on the World Wide Web, they appear in a single, integrated set of search results.
The following figure presents a graphical overview of universal search.
Providing Universal Search with a Google Search
Appliance
Your goal is to deliver universal search to your users. The two major aspects of providing universal
search with a Google Search Appliance are: