WEB DEVELOPER.COM GUIDE TO SEARCH ENGINES
The first chapter
of our book is about the history of searching on the web. Since historical
data has a peculiar tendency of growing over time, we thought it would be
a good idea to create a living version of the chapter that will expand throughout
the next few years. To learn about how it all began, click here.
A commercial engine that you can try for free
Infoseek's Ultraseek server is an excellent commercial search engine
which runs on both Windows NT and Sparc Solaris. You can demo it for free
by clicking here.
Our book contains a chapter on writing your own search engine. The demonstration
engine described in the chapter is called BDDBot. Rather than letting a
good engine go to waste, we decided to use it as the basis of a public collaborative
search engine project. Anyone who wants to help extend BDDBot's features
is welcome to download the source code and upload any changes. To learn
more about this great endeavor click
here.
Links to the engines covered in the book
Update on the Status of Search Engines
This is the page where we mention changes that have occured since the
printing of the text. At the moment, very little has changed. As things
get added, we'll create a mini-index right here to help you jump to the
relevent information.
- We might have come down a bit hard on the Mac's reliability in our
review of the Phantom Engine, mostly because we don't like Macs. If
you'd like a more balanced perspective, read what John
O'Fallon of Maxum has to say about the computer he depends on.
- For the latest news in the search engine world, be sure to check out
Search Engine Watch.
The following chapters have sample code on this web site:
Corrections and Revisions to the Text
Here's where you'll find any corrections that we've made in-between
revisions.
|
 |
 Back
ISBN 0-471-24638-7
456 pages
Feb, 1998
Wiley
Computer Publishing
Timely. Practical. Reliable.
|
