"We're giving new pages a fast-pass so they can be quickly indexed and get through our indexing pipeline right away," he said.

Site Search, a Web hosted service that doesn't require any software installation by customers, is designed for companies that want to use Google technology to power the search engine on their sites.

Previously called Google Custom Search Business Edition, Site Search got its current name in June, along with a set of significant upgrades, including a more comprehensive indexing capability and more granular options for ranking search results.

Site Search starts at an annual US$100 for Web sites of up to 5,000 pages and includes up to 250,000 search queries per year. A $500 second tier exists for sites with 5,001 to 50,000 pages and also limits queries to 250,000 per year.

The price goes up to $850 per year for sites with between 50,001 and 100,000 pages, but the annual query ceiling rises to 500,000. For sites with 100,001 to 300,000 pages the price is $2,250 per year with a 500,000 annual query maximum.