Doug Cutting wrote: > Mailing Lists Account wrote: >> I use PorterStemmer with my analyzer for indexing the documents. >> And I have been using the same analyzer for searching too. >> >> When I search for a phrase like "security" AND database, I would >> like to avoid matches for >> terms like "secure" or "securities" . I observed that Google and >> couple of search engines do >> not return such matches. > > That's because Google and most internet search engines never do any > stemming. > > Doug > >
I didn't know that. Thanks. Generally speaking, are there any advantages not to apply the stemmer ? Except for certain keywords,I found use of stemmers helpful. regards Ramesh --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
