Site Search Function

What is the easiest way to do this?

[newnewbie1]

Hi!

Looking for ideas on how to implement a quick and easy search function on my website... Any ideas?

Do I necessarily have to have a database and index all the content on my website? Or is there an easier way?

THANKS!

[lazerzubb]

Try Atomz (If you have less than 500 pages).

Otherwise Google provides one to, haven't used it though.

[creative craig]

I am with Atomz as well. Good stats for a free service IMO.

Craig

[MrSpeed]

For smaller sites you can use a script that just crawls each page in the directory "on the fly". Not the best solution for large or busy sites.

The next step is a system that creates a catalog of the site and then searches the catalog to return results.

I have used bothe methods with good results, just depends on the situation.

Rich

[ukgimp]

You could look at Gigablast also

[Wassercrats]

There were several recommendations made on another message board. See [aota.net...]

[Receptional Andy]

For the features and frequent re-indexing, I have to recommend Freefind