Search Engine Products

[C]

Hi,

I am looking to buy a Product that I can integrate with
my ASP.Net app so as to allow users to seacrh my site.

Does anyone know any good products apart from Microsoft
Index Server??

Thanks,
C

[John Timney \(Microsoft MVP\)]

We use Ultraseek, but it may be seen as expensive for your requirement . It
really depends on what you are looking to get from searching, and the value
of the product typically reflects the feature set. For example, are you
looking to search within a database, or just within static files - what
about dynamic apps, do you have navigation that can be recursively followed,
or does it come to a dead end without the correct parameteres, do you pay
for bandwidth - if so you need to find a non-aggressive search engine or it
could hike your bills an awful lot. Are you expecting to install and manage
this, or do you expect to use a hosted service.

Have a look at what some of the free ones do, and then look at what you get
when you pay for software.

http://www.freefind.com/ costs nothing to use if you can put up with the
ads.

And of course there is google in a box that you can buy for your network.

Between those is a whole host of others, it really depends on what your
requirement is.

--
Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
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"C" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
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Hi,

I am looking to buy a Product that I can integrate with
my ASP.Net app so as to allow users to seacrh my site.

Does anyone know any good products apart from Microsoft
Index Server??

Thanks,
C

[C]

Thanks for your reply John.

I mailny want to allow the user to search content on the
site. Nothing else.

-----Original Message-----
We use Ultraseek, but it may be seen as expensive for your requirement . Itreally depends on what you are looking to get from searching, and the valueof the product typically reflects the feature set. For example, are youlooking to search within a database, or just within static files - whatabout dynamic apps, do you have navigation that can be recursively followed,or does it come to a dead end without the correct parameteres, do you payfor bandwidth - if so you need to find a non-aggressive search engine or itcould hike your bills an awful lot. Are you expecting to install and managethis, or do you expect to use a hosted service.

Have a look at what some of the free ones do, and then look at what you getwhen you pay for software.

http://www.freefind.com/ costs nothing to use if you can put up with theads.

And of course there is google in a box that you can buy for your network.
Between those is a whole host of others, it really depends on what yourrequirement is.

--
Regards

John Timney (Microsoft ASP.NET MVP)
----------------------------------------------
<shameless_author_plug>
Professional .NET for Java Developers with C#
ISBN:1-861007-91-4
Professional Windows Forms
ISBN: 1861005547
Professional JSP 2nd Edition
ISBN: 1861004958
Professional JSP
ISBN: 1861003625
Beginning JSP Web Development
ISBN: 1861002092
</shameless_author_plug>
----------------------------------------------

"C" <[e-mail]> wrote in message
news:07****************************@phx.gbl...

Hi,

I am looking to buy a Product that I can integrate with
my ASP.Net app so as to allow users to seacrh my site.

Does anyone know any good products apart from Microsoft
Index Server??

Thanks,
C

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