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The Little Search
Engine That Could
Teacher: Thomas
Benton
Every content rich website needs
its own search engine. There are many site search engines to
choose from. But, is site search all you need?
My website, http://www.webdesignwisdom.com
, was conceived as a web design and Internet marketing vortal.
I wanted to put together a complete one-stop resource for aspiring
Internet entrepreneurs. In order to maintain an index of such
websites, it needed the ability to function as a true Internet
search engine. I needed something that would allow site submission
and spidering of websites.
I also needed a site search engine
that could handle hundreds of pages on my site. And, I wanted
a single search engine that could perform both the on and off-site
tasks.
After looking into various options,
I decided to give the Fluid Dynamics Search Engine (http://www.xav.com/scripts/search/
) a try.
FDSE turned out to be the right
choice. The installation was entirely automated from the xav
website. Nothing could have been easier. Type in some information
to allow access to the root directory and go. After installation,
access a handy Admin Control Panel to configure your preferences,
customize your pages, create realms, and spider websites of
your choosing for adding to your index. You can even push search
results from your site (or any domain you choose) to the top
if you wish.
As with anything worthwhile,
you'll have to devote a little time to learning how to manage
FDSE. It is fairly intuitive for a semi-technical person. Within
a couple of hours I had figured out how to make FDSE do what
I wanted it to do.
Rather than try to explain all
the features here, I suggest that you visit http://www.webdesignwisdom.com
and try a few searches for yourself. You can do a site search
from the little search box in the left navigation column or
search the ebiz vortal directory from the *eBiz InfoSearch*
page. Here you have the option of searching *This Site Only*
or *[All]* sites in the index.
FDSE automated installation deploys
the full-featured Shareware version. There isn't any expiration
date so you have ample time to learn to use it. Once you've
decided that you want to keep FDSE you can elect to register
it as the Freeware or thelicensed version. At a one-time fee
of $40.00 the full-featured licensed version is one of the
Internet's true *bargains*.
Find out more about FDSE and
see the Admin Control Panel at http://www.xav.com/scripts/search/.
The online help is quite adequate and should enable you to
solve most problems without additional assistance.
FDSE is *the little search engine
that could* do everything I wanted and needed for my first
*vortal* website. It could be the search engine solution you've
been looking for too.
About the teacher:
Thomas Benton is
the author of "How to Build a Magnetic Web Site: Advanced Basic
Training for the Internet Entrepreneur". Learn more about Tom's
unique web design strategies at http://www.webdesignwisdom.com
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