Re: Google Public Service Search

Thanks, Pepper.

The Administration website has around 50 pages so $5,000 is not an
investment I could justify. It serves primarily as a clearinghouse or
gateway to the departmental websites in our division, where the real stuff
resides...a different animal altogether from the UNEX website. The biggest
plus was that it was within my purview to make it happen, although I did
get a little help with the code.

Kathleen

At 11:21 AM 10/11/2006, you wrote:
>Kathleen:
>We purchased the Google appliance and have had rgreat, seamless service
>and we can control the indexing and customization of the search pages.
>
>It cost around $5000 and has been worth every penny. We thought it was
>unprofessional to be using a free search tool. It seems like a worthwhile
>investment for the institution and IST could/would manage the device.
>
>
>
>Steve McConnell wrote:
>>Kathleen: Google cut off access to their public service search tool after
>>an enterprising hacker discovered a way to use it to serve up phishing
>>sites and other bad apples from a google.com URL. Details on the exploit
>>are here: <http://ericfarraro.com/?p=6>http://ericfarraro.com/?p=6
>>
>>So far, I've not seen any word on when Google might reopen the site to
>>creation of new accounts or logins from existing users.
>>
>>~ Steve
>>
>>Steve McConnell
>>Web news editor, UC Berkeley
>><mailto:smcconnell@berkeley.edu>smcconnell@berkeley.edu
>>510/643.7789
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>>UC Berkeley NewsCenter
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>>
>>Kathleen Phillips Satz wrote:
>>>This question is for any webmasters using Google's free search facility
>>>on your site. In recent weeks, the link to log in to one's account has
>>>been disabled, with a note saying "This service is currently
>>>unavailable, please try again later."
>>><https://services.google.com/publicservice/login>
>>>
>>>It doesn't say that the service is being discontinued, but it's been
>>>several weeks. The email address given in their FAQ for queries
>>>produces an auto-reply saying that they can't answer individual questions.
>>>
>>>The search facility is working, and continuing to index my site.
>>>
>>>Anyone have any insight on this?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Kathleen
>>>
>>>Kathleen Phillips Satz
>>>Manager, Strategic Communications
>>>Administration
>>>University of California, Berkeley 94720-1500
>>>
>>>Phone: (510) 642-5219
>>>FAX: (510) 642-9483
>>><http://administration.berkeley.edu>http://administration.berkeley.edu
>>>
>>>
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Kathleen Phillips Satz
Manager, Strategic Communications
Administration
University of California, Berkeley 94720-1500

Phone: (510) 642-5219
FAX: (510) 642-9483
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