[thelist] Site search software

Alan McGill alan at timberon.com
Tue May 3 17:32:52 CDT 2005


Hi Paul,

I recently installed ht/Dig in a linux environment.

It's open source, highly configurable, with knowledgable support via 
mailing list.

http://www.htdig.org/

HTH

alan

Paul Bennett wrote:
> HI there,
> the site search software we've got for a current site is just not performing well. It's dead sloooooooow and the developer doesn't seem much help in fixing it.
> 
> I'm looking at other options and wonder what recommendations the list has.
> 
> The software needs to run in a Linux / PHP / MySQL environment (on a dedicated server so we can install whatever we like). Preferably it would "learn" user patterns like "Learning Search" (http://www.sli-systems.com/learning_search.shtml) proposes to do.
> 
> (The only downfall with Learning Search is that it is hosted externally and hence is a no-no for this site.)
> 
> We are up for paid solutions and even haven't ruled out Google but I need to look at a few options first.
> 
> Paul 


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