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Google Search Appliance, search in a box for companies (2002)

Google's first product for businesses, the Search Appliance was a server that brought Google search to internal documents. In September 2002 the line added models for up to 3 and up to 7 million documents. In 2016 Google told partners it would stop selling the hardware.

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2002

Google Search Appliance

Hardware · Hardware · Discontinued

sources · timeline 2000–2004

Interpretive reconstruction · Classic serif Early-2000s conventions: white background, small sans-serif text, dense blue links. Does not reproduce any Google page.

Dates

  • 2002 Launch · approximate date [1]
  • September 30, 2002 Date · exact date [2]
  • 2019 End · approximate date [1]

What the sources say

ClaimRecordConfidenceSources
September 2002 models GB-5005 (up to 3 million documents) and GB-8008 (up to 7 million) 2 · Single primary source [2] primary
End of sales No new hardware from 2016; renewals through 2017 and support in some cases until 2019 3 · Secondary source [1] secondary

What the confidence levels mean

Historical captures

No archived capture has been located for this record yet.

Sources

  1. So Long Google Search Appliance — Barb Darrow — Fortune, February 4, 2016. Source secondary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive
  2. Google Announces New Corporate Search Products — Google (press release), September 30, 2002. Source primary · accessed November 2, 2026 · look for a copy on the Internet Archive

What still needs documenting

  • Exact date of the first model
  • Launch prices

On GD

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How to cite

"Google Search Appliance, search in a box for companies (2002)", Google Museum (GD), https://gd.eurisko.com.br/museu/en/collection/google-search-appliance/, CC BY 4.0. Reviewed on November 2, 2026.

ID: google-search-appliance · Reviewed on November 2, 2026