Google Search integrated to Google Apps

Google Search is now integrated to Google Apps. Companies which are using Google Docs and Google sites have advantage of Google Search Appliance searching and indexing the Google Docs and Google Sites.

Google Apps Integration allows you to search your domain’s Google Apps content using your Google Search Appliance. In just a few clicks, you can enable your search appliance to crawl, index, and serve your public Google Docs and Google Sites.

This is a very powerful feature as otherwise hidden documents can now be indexed and information will be unleashed for organization use. More details on this feature available with Google Search Appliance software version 5.2

http://code.google.com/apis/searchappliance/documentation/52/integrating_apps.html

This integration will be very useful for educational institutes and universities who have many users and large number of documents with useful information. Large organizations may also find this useful and can integrate them in existing Google Search Appliance setup.