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Hi Kay, as you know who I am affiliated with, you will know that my
answer is biased, but our website content is made of XML documents which
are stored and automatically indexed in TEXTML Server. Users can search
the whole website without specific actions on the authors/editors part.
The search engine is actually part of the server on which we store our
content.
On our website we have not pushed the technology to its greater limits,
however I use the same tool for my online help and I actually index my
content based on tags. Users can search through the whole content or in
specific parts of documents, like the titles or any other tagged
information.
This sort of tool would work with XHTML content, although not with
regular HTML content.
France Baril
-----Original Message-----
From: Kay Ethier [mailto:kethier -at- travelthepath -dot- com]
Sent: November 30, 2004 2:44 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Question about web-based search options
Hello:
I'm researching options for adding Search capabilities to websites.
I've checked out some of the ready-to-go search features provided by
google and others, as well as options for "build it yourself" searching
(requiring scripting/programming expertise).
What I'd like to hear is how companies are really implementing Search
for their online content. Does your company provide extensive corporate
or technical information on its website? How do users search the
content? Is the information retrieved as search results or as
"customized" pages served up (portal?) based on the search? Any
information that you can share would be appreciated. I'll write up the
results for anyone who is interested.
Thank you in advance for sharing,
Kay
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Kay Ethier
Bright Path Solutions
PO Box 14265
Research Triangle Park NC 27709-4265
DIRECT CELL PHONE: 919.244.8559 http://www.travelthepath.com mailto:kethier -at- travelthepath -dot- com
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