> We have a CMS site we want to be searchable. All the content as well as > static webpages that are included on this site must be in the search. I > just want your opinion on what you feel would be best. > > Just to clarify, we have some of the content being dynamically processed from > the SQL server through queries and we have some static pages that > were specially created to be included in on this CMS site. I would like to > have the ability to search these two areas for results. > > I'm aware of the CFSEARCH through CF and I've used Googles search before as > well. Is there anything else out there you feel is better fit for the > job?
Well, I'm probably tremendously biased - more on that in a sec - but I'd recommend you use a Google search solution if you can afford it. The Google Search Appliance can handle any sort of text-based content you have: docs on a web server, database records, content in proprietary systems like SharePoint, FileNet, LiveLink, Notes/Domino, Vignette, CQ 5, etc, etc, etc. And of course it works very well with CF content (as long as you do things right). It does a tremendous job with relevance - better than Solr - and generally does better at content acquisition, as you can "fire and forget" it as long as your content is working properly. It is, however, expensive, and Solr is free. But it takes a lot less time to set up and manage, and you can often use one GSA setup throughout an organization, rather than having different search silos for different applications. I've worked with quite a few Solr shops where they ended up spending less time and money on search, and getting better results, once they switched to GSA. (And don't even get me started with Verity and Autonomy). Now, as I mentioned above, I am probably very biased. I've been working with the GSA since about 2005. We do a lot of CMS implementations and support here at Fig Leaf Software. We help support National Park Service (http://www.nps.gov/) which is a huge CF-based CMS implementation. We used to use CFSEARCH (Verity, then Solr) with many of our CMS customers. But when we had millions of documents, those solutions ran out of steam and we looked for alternatives. We ended up choosing the Google Search Appliance, and have been very happy Google customers ever since. In fact, we like it so much we started a line of business solely to sell and support Google search solutions - and today, I am in charge of that business unit. Fig Leaf Software is a Google Enterprise partner, and we have been very successful with the GSA because it's a very good solution. If you have specific GSA questions that are off-topic for this list, feel free to contact me directly, or send an email to [email protected] - that goes to everyone involved with GSA sales, implementation services, support, etc. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:354976 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
