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.

[url]http://www.freefind.com/[/url] 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" <c@nospam.com> 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 . 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.
>
>[url]http://www.freefind.com/[/url] 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)
>----------------------------------------------
><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" <c@nospam.com> wrote in message
>news:07d201c34f8e$62fe9e30$a601280a@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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>
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>