Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the Google Search Appliance (GSA)?
- Do I have to pay for this service?
- How do I put the search box on my website?
- Does Service Nova Scotia and Municipal Relations provide assistance for implementing the search box code?
- I can't find a document that I know is on a Web server, what should I do?
- What is indexing?
- How often does the GSA index my site?
- Can the GSA be forced to re-index a web site?
- What file formats are indexed?
- How do I prevent folders from being indexed?
- How do I prevent individual web pages from being indexed?
- How do I exclude unwanted text from being indexed?
- How do I use the googleon/googleoff Tags?
- What websites get indexed?
- What is a collection?
- What is my collection?
- How do I add a site to a collection?
- How do I request a new collection?
- How often is the collection updated?
- I updated my website but the GSA does not return it in the search result page, what should I do?
- What is the difference between the Site and Sitesearch parameter?
- What is a Front End?
- Which Front End should you use?
- How can I customize a Front End?
- How does the GSA create the page description (the snippet) for the search results page?
- How does the appliance detect the language of a web page?
- What file size limits does the GSA use?
- What is the User Agent Name of the GSA?
- Can I use the GSA on INTRAnet (iWeb) sites?