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ace0
May 18th, 2001, 22:43
Where can I get a good search engine for both the web and my site? (for free, of course!)
fatman
May 19th, 2001, 08:59
It pretty much depends on what you want.

Were you thinking of a CGI hosted script or do you want your own script (ie your web host supports CGI scripts)?
Epgs
May 19th, 2001, 09:08
try http://www.resourceindex.com
ace0
May 19th, 2001, 20:07
Originally posted by fatman
It pretty much depends on what you want.

Were you thinking of a CGI hosted script or do you want your own script (ie your web host supports CGI scripts)?


Own-probably
1st
May 19th, 2001, 20:41
Try this link... to add a search engine both ways

http://php.resourceindex.com/Complete_Scripts/Searching/
fatman
May 19th, 2001, 20:42
It also depends on the size of your site. For small sites with little traffic, a script that simply searches your site at run time would be fine. If your site is large, get a script that pre-indexes your site. When the visitor searches, the engine merely looks into the index. These engines usually require a bit more effort on your part - everytime you update your site, you have to remember to re-index it.

A couple of good engines that can handle larger sites are:
http://perlfect.com/freescripts/search/
http://www.xav.com/scripts/xavatoria/index.html

I know that Matt Wright's script does the search of your documents at run-time. It's easy to install.
http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/

There are lots more. You can find a number listed on
http://www.thefreecountry.com/ecentricity/cgisearchengine.shtml
darkshadow
May 21st, 2001, 10:21
http://www.freefind.com is pretty good too
fatman
May 22nd, 2001, 19:30
No - he wanted to install his own CGI script, not use a CGI hosted service, which is what FreeFind is.

<edit: fixed typo>
Epgs
May 23rd, 2001, 14:28
wow i am going to use one of those myself. is one of those php?
fatman
May 23rd, 2001, 19:27
No. They're Perl scripts. So far, the PHP scripts that I've checked did not have the same feature set and maturity that the Perl search scripts (particularly the Perlfect Search and Xavatoria search engines) have. Perhaps given a little more time, they will. You can also write your own, but it's probably more hassle than it's worth, since there are so many off-the-shelf Perl scripts floating around.
dony
May 25th, 2001, 08:53
for your site you can try www.atomz.com (with no adds i think)