[WEB4LIB] Search Engines: Buy, Rent, Write?

[jay]

John:
There are a couple of  ways to go (and these are by no means the entirety of
your options): I use Cold Fusion (which is a web development application). It
runs on Windows Nt, and it comes with a search tool called Vertiy (its a kinda
stripped down version of the full-blown Verity Search tool www.verity.com).
That seems to do a satisfactory job for us.
I believe Excite has a search engine (it used to be free), but now charges for
it www.excite.com. Also check out htdig at http://www.htdig.org. It's free and
it may be all you need.

Regards,

Jay H. Frantz,
Webmaster,
Corpus Christi Public Libraries

"John Hambleton, Academic Information Services" wrote:

> Peace,
>
> This is a request for your opinions:
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> I want to provide a search engine for our library's web presentation.
> What's the best route to go? Buy one, lease one, or write one?
> I assume the most code is available for UNIX/Linux or WinNT?
> What about Novell?
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> If writing one wins out--there's writing for the client side (JavaScript or
> Java) or server side (TCL, Perl, C if UNIX; Maybe Visual Basic in WinNT?).
> Which works out best?
>
> Looking for any/all suggestions on the subject. Thanks much in advance.
> Mr. H
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