Search Engines

Recommendations for site search ?

[Visit Thailand]

I hope this is the right section.

I am looking for a search engine for one of our sites that has roughly 35,000 files on it.

Does anyone know or can recommend any free or paid search engines that I could use.

I need one that is fast with customizable results, and works with SSI. Any ideas ?

[pendanticist]

Greetings Visit_Thailand

"Atomz Search uses the power and speed of Web-native software to solve problems, answer questions or purchase products.
Second-generation site search products from Atomz deliver fast, meaningful search results to visitors while providing Web managers with insights into what users are searching for. More than 50,000 Web sites are using Atomz Search, including CBS, Palm, Macromedia, and The US Customs Service. The Atomz application network that underlies Atomz Search performs more than 40 million searches every month, all with greater than 99.9% availability."

The above quote is from Atomz.com whom I've used for roughly two years now and is highly configurable.

However, I can not attest to anything relative to those 50,000 files you mentioned. For accuracy sake, I'd suggest you view the site itself to determine it's applicational capablilities for your site.

Hope this helps.

Pendanticist

[pendanticist]

errr, 35,000 anyway.

Pendanticist

[buckworks]

I use Atomz on several sites and am VERY pleased with it, but it's my understanding that it's only free for sites under 500 pages.

[Visit Thailand]

Thanks pendantacist and buckworks will take a look at Atomz.

Any other suggestions always welcome.

[chiyo]

yes it looks like the general model for all these second party site search services is free up to a certain amount for their branding, but for the serious ones who should pay according to their reasoning, the limit is usually 500 to 1,000 pages wicth extra privelages such as full PDF indexing, more customization, no ads etc. Once you are off the "free" basis however it does get pricey. One alternative is the google site search. There are many good alternatives for remotely hosted site searches, two of which we use successfully - sticky mail me if needed

[j_anstice]

The most comprehensive list of site search products & services is at [searchtools.com ].

non-full disclosure - I'm not affiliated with SearchTools, but my company has a product listed there which would probably fit the bill.

[richlowe]

I've used Atomz - very good search engine. Also used FreeFind, another good engine. Finally settled on PerlFect, which runs directly on my server. Eliminated bandwidth overhead due to Atomz and Freefind. Very happy with Perlfect. Fast, lots of features and easy to use.

RIchard Lowe