[WEB4LIB] NT web server information needed

[Avi Rappoport]

At 7:47 AM -0800 1/20/99, nancy keane wrote:

>  I need to allow searching of the web site.  Is this
> included in the NT software or is it something extra?  Are there plug-ins
> that I should purchase?

Windows NT Server (not Workstation) includes the Microsoft Index 
Server for site search.  It works but I didn't like using it very 
much -- very cryptic codes and an approach more focused on SQL 
databases than text file indexing and searching.  Also, it's very 
difficult to display META description tags rather than the automated 
"summary" (seemingly-random bits of the file).

There are a number of other site search options for NT, or you can 
use a Remote Site Search Service.  Check out my site at 
<http://www.searchtools.com/> or contact me directly for more info.

Avi
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