| You need some housekeeping
before installing a search engine for your site (local or remotely
hosted). Without this preparation, search engine will not be able
to index your site properly resulting in failure to locate information
even when it is available.
Housekeeping involves mainly two tasks
In addition, you may have to perform few more tasks
in case your site uses frames, flash or shockwaves.
Most of these issues were discussed in detail in previous
articles on how to submit your site for search engines (please see
the series on e-commerce fundamentals).
The best part is that - the same housekeeping will also
work for universal search engines like AltaVista or Google and make
your site more accessible.
The Next Step - Sign Up
Now that your website is ready to have a search engine,
you need to sign up with a remote site search service. Signing up
is the simplest thing on earth - most just ask you to register with
your name, a password, and a URL for the robot to start at. The
indexer will usually visit your site soon afterward, quickly making
its way through all your links - so try to do this during a quiet
time.
Which Search Service ?
There are hundreds of remotely hosted search engine
services, free as well as fee-based. Usually, search services offer
free service for small sites and charge a monthly fee when number
of pages exceed a pre-defined limit.
Below is a list of remotely hosted search engine services.
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FreeFind http://www.freefind.com/ Adds a search
engine to your website. Available in free sponsor supported
version or ad-free subscription version.
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Atomz.com http://www.atomz.com/ Offers a free search
engine for sites with less than 500 pages. Also has commercial
versions.
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Picosearch LLC http://www.picosearch.com/ Free
online search engine for your web site up to 1500 pages. Professional
and Premium plans also available that support more pages.
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FusionBot.com http://www.fusionbot.com/ Offers
site search, site map, and reporting services. Includes free
and pay versions, customizable, telephone support.
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Spiderline LLC - http://www.spiderline.com/ Fee-based
site search engine for personal and business web sites. Offering
complete control of page design, comprehensive query reports,
and reliable service. Free trial available.
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Blossom Software remote-hosted Web services http://www.blossom.com Blossom offers
a high-quality, low-cost, fully customizable search service.
Notable features include results in context, spell checking
of search terms, and fine control over order of search results.
Free trial available.
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Jittersearch http://www.jittersearch.com/ Hosted
search service offering three classes of service: free Community
service, Pro service and a Corporate service.
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Above is only a demonstrative list - there are many
more good search services. This place is too short to list them
all. You can use any good search engine to find the rest.
Related Links:
Source: FAIDA
- Newsletter on Business Opportunties from India and Abroad
Vol: 3, Issue 23
September 26' 2002
Author :
Dr. Amit K. Chatterjee
(Amit worked in blue-chip Indian and MNCs for 15 years in various
capacities like Research and Information Analysis, Market Development,
MIS, R&D Information Systems etc. before starting his e-commerce
venture in 1997. The views expressed in this columns are of
his own. He may be reached at amit@infobanc.com
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