Re: ASP.NET-friendly site-search applications

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From: clintonG (csgallagher_at_REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com)
Date: 08/12/04 

Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 12:28:34 -0500

The company and solution I prefer would be Endeca [1] who has
developed what they call 'Guided Navigation' which is the most
fascinating and user friendly solution I have yet to evaluate.

Next would be DTSearch [2] that is advertised in many of the
IT trade journals having very useful functionality.

I have also evaluated Texis from Thunderstone [2] which is used
by some very well known sites such as those published by Ziff-Davis. 

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[1] http://www.endeca.com/
[2] http://www.dtsearch.com/
[3] http://www.thunderstone.com/texis/site/pages
"darrel" <notreal@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> We're finishing up our home made asp.net based CMS that we've been working
> on for a year or so.
>
> The content is mainly in the SQL database in a variety of tables. The rest
> is in document formate (word/PDF).
>
> I've been informed that we have a bit of a budget to get a search
> application. I'd like to know if anyone has any hands-on experience with a
> .net based web site search tool and if they'd have any suggestions?
>
> The key for us, I think, is that we need a tool that will index the site
> from the end-user's perspective, instead of just diving into the SQL
tables
> (which really wouldn't have any context outside of the front end
interface).
>
> In the past, I've looked at MondoSearch, and it looked good. Anything else
> along those lines? Ideally under the 10k price?
>
> -Darrel
>
>