The intranet homepage of Google at www.corp.google.com offers all kinds of customizable info boxes. At the left side, there’s general information for employees, lunch info, and a pointer to Google Tech Stop, Google’s internal support. At the top, there’s the MOMA search box.
In the main content area, a welcome box for the “Noogler” (a new Google employee) links to what seems to be an introductory help page, suggesting the new employee to file a ticket if there’s still an open question. A warning-style message says that the “Trading window closes”. An internal Google news box feeds employees with the latest happening inside and outside Google; one item for instance reads “Setting Our Sites High – Announcing the public release of Google Sites”. Also, several communication tools are linked; Google Mail, Calendar, Talk, Blogger, Mailman (“email-based lists”), Sparrow (“shared lists”), a wiki, Writely & Trix (that’s Google Docs and Spreadsheets), and more.
As above screenshot shows, the Moma search box has a kind of auto-results feature. The employee enters “dasher,” and a box expands showing information like “Dasher ... Code name for Google Apps For Your Domain”. Several “Googler-added” links to Google’s intranet wiki are available as well. A glossary link points to information on “Dasherize”. Auto-completion into terms like “dasher dashboard” or “dasher zoo” are offered as well.
To take a look at a Moma search result page, check out the screenshot Google shows off at their blog.
Neat idea Google! This can serve as a basis/sample for those who are still on the planning stage of them making their own intranet. http://www.simpplr.com/ can also be of help to those who would want an intranet for their company.
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