[WEB4LIB] Re: Good search engines functionnalities for releva

[Avi Rappoport]

At 5:54 AM -0800 3/30/01, Drew, Bill wrote:
>  Take a look at Google.  They offer it free for academic sites.  Very easy
>toset up the search form and works great.

I am very fond of Google as a web-wide search engine, but it's got 
some limits as a remote search service.  Last time I reviewed it, 
last year, this is what I found:

No way to schedule updates or view index log.  No access to search 
log. Minimal results customization interface (to be done by the 
company). No automatic interface for search zones on a site.  No way 
to customize no-matches page.


It's a great search engine but there's something to be said for more 
local control.

Avi


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