Building Search Engines - Any ideas?
I'm trying to create/design a search engine. Something similar to that of the Microsoft Knowledge Base, but with a more easier interface, like that of Lycos of Yahoo. Any one have any suggestions, or ideas, or places I should look to to get some ideas on how to do this. I'd like to avoid having to fork over thousands of dollars to take classes in every programming language, and I'd like to be able to do this without having to outsource.
Any ideas??
Anonymous posted this at 23:16 — 16th June 1999.
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There's a great CGI program at www.gossamer-threads.com (I use it on my site) that lets you maintain a Yahoo!-style directory with an extensive admin area and templates for each page generated by the script (making is VERY customizable).
The current price is free for non-profit or personal purposes and $150 for business purposes (you can still try it before you actually pay the registration fee).
I think there's a good review of this program at www.cgi-resources.com and www.thescripts.com.
Cheers
Polpus
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Dass posted this at 00:34 — 17th June 1999.
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I am almost at the end of finishing my Keyword Search Engine, around 3 more bugs to fix
. It is fairly simple, people can enter there site, url and keywords about the site, than people can search and it will sort the results by which entry has the most keywords. I would be willing to send it to you, so you can check it out, get the *feel* of programming a search engine 
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ChanFan posted this at 18:09 — 18th June 1999.
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I'm using the same script as polpus: Links v2.0 from Gossamer-Threads. Many people are using it for knowledge bases, articles, etc. Highly recommend it.
Hyperseek is great, too, but much too rich for my blood.
You may want to check them out, unless you just really want to write a new one.
chris posted this at 19:15 — 18th June 1999.
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I use a program called IndexFinger on my site that is really easy to use and works well. You can find it at
indexfinger.com
It was written by the same guy who designed the BB program powering these forums and is only $75!
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