[thelist] Site search tools

[Marcia Welter]

Check out Google's Search Appliance:

http://www.google.com/services/index.html

Marcia



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> [mailto:thelist-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Amy Clements
> Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:43 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] Site search tools
>
>
>
> > 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?
>
> We use Inktomi on our site (for details see www.inktomi.com).  It
> handles PDFs fine (and pretty much any other type of file -
> there's an editable list in the admin side), and you can set it
> *not* to index them if that is your preference.  It's reasonably
> flexible, but the admin interface isn't what I'd call intuitive
> or friendly.  I don't have details of what we're paying for it,
> but I doubt is anywhere near what you've been quoted.  Worth a look.
>
> Hope that helps,
> Amy.
>
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