9.4: Search.USA.gov
Offer a free search index service to government agencies. Other Information:
GSA’s Search.USA.gov offers a free search index service to government agencies through the USA.gov Search Services Affiliates
Program. The program allows federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial Web sites to provide simplified and structured
search results to the public. The USA.gov Search Services Program handles nearly 4 million search queries a month and offers
many features, including related searches, and government images. The USA.gov Search Services Affiliates Program allows Web
managers to configure their own Web sites based on the USA.gov search platform. Agencies can enable or disable the search
features to best fit the needs of their Web site. The affiliate program has many benefits, including: * Zero infrastructure
cost for service and upgrades; * Use of industry-leading search technology and best practices; * Easy online management and
customizable look and feel; * Access to trusted documents from federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments;
* Advanced features such as boosting, related searches, Web analytics search tools; and * Collaboration with Data.gov. The
USA.Gov Search Services team is assisting the Data.gov team in providing an automatic suggestion feature, and the ability
to index and display timely content immediately. Best practices are being implemented to ensure search engine optimization,
which will give users access to the numerous government data sources.
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