[thelist] Site search tools

[Kevin James]

> Greetings list,
>
> We're looking for a search tool we can use for searching our company web
> site.  It must handle PDF's and be reasonable priced.  Google is not
> customizable in it's look, and I don't even know if it will do PDF's.
> Atomz is VERY reasonably priced at $00.00 for sites under 500 pages, but
> the free version will not do PDF's.
>
> The paid version?  "...ranges from $15,000 to $75,000 with most pricing
> falling into the $25-$35,000 range depending on the needs of your Web
> site."
>
> Not reasonble.
>
> Any one know of a good tool?


I have implemented Perlfect for a couple of projects and have been very
pleased. It does index pdf files in addition to standard html. Best of all -
it is free.

http://www.perlfect.com/freescripts/search/

--kevin
mail7033 at yahoo.com