Hi Jimmy,
> 1. How tricky is it to get nutch running for a server newbie like
> myself?
Hmmm... It can be somewhat tricky, especially if you encounter
problems. I guess you'll have to look closely at Tomcat documentation
first and then at Nutch documentation to manage to grasp the concepts
involved.
> 2. Whats nutch like for limiting the type of site which gets
> crawled?
> my current site asses if the site is "gay enough" to be added to
> the search
> domains
You can't really say to Nutch: "Go and get gay stuff": it would require
it to be somewhat more intelligent than it is. You can filter the URLs
and that's about how close you can get to getting the interesting
pages.
> 3. I'm building my seach engine as a hobby - will I need to
> purchase a
> dedicated server to run Nutch? (I so can't afford that) or does
> anyone know
> a good cheap hosting company which can defiantly get nutch up and
> running
> with?
I don't know any free/cheap web hosting company that supports Java and
provides the space you need for your project.
> 4. Is my own search engine worth continuing? or will it simply be
> too
> slow & inaccurate for people to use?
I guess it all depends on how far you want to/can get into the
developments. However, as a Nutch enthusiast, I can only praise Nutch
and recommand its use...
I hope this will help...
Regards,
Sebastien.
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