yes, probably, mark.. but i still need to know how to write such an application. that would really help. can anyone tell me how please? thanx, all. Abhishek Shodhan. Mark Wilcox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6 May 00, at 14:20, abhishek shodhan wrote: I think there are several applications out there that do this for you already. Do a web search or look on Gamelan or similar Java repositories. That's easier than writing your own. > Hi all... > > I need to develop a search servlet that will search for content both in > my site and outside. How do I search the Meta Tags of pages? You'll need to obtain a java class that can parse HTML. Then you'll simply need to look for when you crawl across a meta-tag. Unless your organization has a strict policy for how it defines meta- tag information, meta-tags are likely to be useless for you. Just simply having them there doesn't gurantee success. And I'd imagine that 90% or more of your site doesn't even have any real meta-tags (e.g. meta-tags populated with information besides the content-generator information that standard Web development tools like FrontPage put in an HTML page for you). Building a search engine is non-trivial. Sure any Java programmer worth 1/4 of their salary can figure out how to retrieve a Web page and then parse the HTML and through that stuff into a database for searching. But devloping true search engine requires much more skill than that. That's why I would advise you to look into an existing package, preferablly one that has been worked by information professionals (e.g. people with library science training). > And, for the rest of the web, do I need to tie up with Major Search > Engines??? That would be much easier (and cheaper) than trying to build your own Web crawler that crawls the entire Internet. Mark > > Please advise me. > > Thanks!! > > Abhishek Shodhan. > > > > ____________________________________________________________________ > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 > > =========================================================================== > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP > http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets > > =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.html http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=JSP http://www.jguru.com/jguru/faq/faqpage.jsp?name=Servlets
