Looking for a good Site Search Tool

rickj's picture

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Joined: Feb 2006

Found some great info here but am overwhelmed with the choices.

I don't want one like Google's Site Search Tool since it only queries what their robot has indexed. I want one
1. that indexes the site itself on a weekly or monthly basis - or better yet, permits indexing "on demand", and
2. that allows me to designate the folder(s) that is/are indexed and searched.

I've used FreeFind in the past and liked it - but am looking for other suggestions to try out.

Thanks!

demonhale's picture

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easy site searcher is exactly as you wanted...

rickj's picture

He has: 3 posts

Joined: Feb 2006

Thanks, demon. I'll check er out. Right now I'm test driving FreeFind and PicoSearch.

Are you using Easy Site Searcher on a site of yours?

teammatt3's picture

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Joined: Sep 2003

You can try EchoSearch, it's free and works well. http://echoarticles.com/

demonhale's picture

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I used it once for a client and in my opinion I liked it... I used it in a CD installer with HTML navigation... The search was very helpful since it scans files and makes searches automatically based on the manual crawl...

The Webmistress's picture

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Joined: Feb 2001

We use FreeFind and have had no problems at all and it seems very accurate

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