Yes, we might use google custom search in the long run, but this is a new site, and obviously won't be indexed by google right out of the gate (and can take a few months from what I understand).
Nutch looks pretty cool, but I don't know if I want to set up JBoss to run alongside CF. Does anyone know if it's possible to run Nutch inside CF's JRUN? Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Azadi Saryev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:47 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Simple Search > > google custom search. set it up to search just your site and you have a > custom site search solution. > > it is free. it is good. not too precise if you need to index very > specific data (i.e. i used it on a tour company's website, but searching > for something like "Thailand beach 6 days" will not always return the > list of all 6-day ours in Thailand, but rather any tour that is in > Thailand, with those on the beach at the top) > > if you pay $100/year you will not get ads in search results (which can > point to competitors) or select which ads to show (i think it is an > option for the paid version). > or be cheeky and use js to manipulate DOM and hide the ads... > > verity is always an option, but it is a bit clumsy and tends to break > from time to time, and is a bit of a resource hog especially with large > collections. i have not used a Vspider, though - just had scheduled > tasks set up to run re-indexing... > > Azadi Saryev > Sabai-dee.com > http://www.sabai-dee.com/ > > > > Russ wrote: > > I want to set up a simple search page for one of our sites. Instead of > > doing a database search, I want to use something to crawl the site on a > > regular interval, and then have the site search that index. > > > > > > > > The options seem to be: > > > > > > > > Verity - Although doesn't seem to allow for indexing remote sites with > > vspider? > > > > Lucene - Would have to create my own crawler or integrate one. > > > > Nutch - Either need to figure out how to integrate into CF, or run as a > > separate app in Tomcat or something. > > > > > > > > I'm sure tons of people have done this before. I've done the Lucene > part > > before, but without using a crawler. Can someone recommend a solution? > > > > > > > > Russ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307577 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
