If we build a site, we use the Silverstripe CMS (with the exception of our own site, which is built on the ezPublish system). Silverstripe has it's own search functionality built-in, so there's no external search bolt-on.
What are the complaints? That it's not properly organizing the pages, or indexing them? Often, that's more a function of the meta tags than anything else. The nice thing about CMSs is that they have meta-data about the pages (that they often display as a 'tag cloud'). It's like current photo management software in that it allows a lot of extra data to be part of the page, but not part of the actual content of the page. The downside of meta data tags that are external to the HTML is that external search engines won't index the pages as well, because they're missing the extra context. And that's all a long way of saying that I don't have a better tool that isn't intrinsic to a larger toolset (CMS) that we use for making sites. I wish I had a better answer for you :) Rubin P.S.: How's the Ferrari? Hope you've had it out more than I've had the motorcycle out so far this monsoon season (Junevember)... On Mon, 2009-06-29 at 16:24 -0400, Phil Marshall wrote: > Hello > > > We currently use htdig for the search tool on our websites. Although > we have been using it for years, we have had a few complaints from > customers recently. So we are looking for a better tool to replace it. > What do you use on your sites? What are the generally preferred tools? > > > Thanks. > > signal advertising - advanced > e-commerce solutions > www.signalz.com > Phil Marshall > [email protected] > Signal Advertising > 535 Stone Cutters Way > Montpelier, VT 05674 > 802-229-4149 > > -- Rubin Bennett rbTechnologies, LLC 80 Carleton Boulevard East Montpelier, VT 05651 (802)223-4448 http://thatitguy.com "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778)
