I second that recommendation for "www.atomz.com" I use
it on all of my web server (well, all the ones I have
searches set up for)
I am a firm believer that such a processor intensive
task as search index building should be taken off of
the machine serving pages...Besides, there's no coding
to use atomz.com!
Ed
web/gadget guru
--- Bill Davis <newton_at_ecity.net> wrote:
>
> >
> >The list does have an archive, and a nice one at
> that...
> >
> >http://www.newtontalk.net/archive/
> >
> >(yes, I know it's not searchable... yet.)
> >
>
> Victor-
>
> If you don't have time to set one up a search engine
> CGI the way you want
> right now, there are several free find services,
> such as (go figure)
> "freefind.com" and others (also try www.atomz.com,
> not sure if that's
> right, though.) The price is right, it's VERY FAST
> to set up, and even
> somewhat customizable (graphics, background colors,
> etc.)
>
> I use freefind.com for Info-Newt. It can index a
> whole site or a
> subsection. I do THAT on info-newt too; I have a
> search engine for the
> FAQ, and another for the whole site INCLUDING the
> FAQ. Except for the
> ftp site folder (which is also
> www.info-newt.com/archives/) as there are
> very few text files in the ftp/archive area to index
> usefully.
>
> It re-indexes my site once a day.
>
> Plus, if you want to make a Sherlock/Hemlock search
> plug-in, feel free to
> steal and modify the one I did for Info-Newt.
> Wouldn't take much work to
> change it. You'd just have to change a URL or two,
> and maybe a name.
>
> - Bill
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