Re:SOT: Internal/Intranet Search Engines - What to ask the sales critters

2003-11-14 Thread Jeremy Brodie
Larry, Some of the critical questions to help you in your search. 1) Do you need to search locally from a CD/DVD or from a server? 2) In what file format is the manual (PDF, word docs, etc) 3) What will you use as your user interface for searching the manual (flash, HTML, etc)? 4) What is your

Re:SOT: Internal/Intranet Search Engines - What to ask the sales critters

2003-11-13 Thread Jeremy Brodie
Larry, This all depends on what you're trying to do and your budget. Here's some information 1) Google is a 2u search appliance that you would fit on a rack. The appliance runs into the thousands of dollars-- but then you're using Google. Google is a document search, not a database search. 2)