RobertW — Sat, 11 Dec 1999 18:47:00 +0000

What I am trying to do right now is to make a non English search engine, as a part o the network I am working on. Money situation is not great but I would be willing to spend about a $1000 for this script... When it comes to playing with the code... well I am no programmer but I am learning fast(I took some COBOL in college) Basically I need something that I could add-on to as the right time and money comes... I installed and played with Links 2.0 and so far I like it. In the beginning it should be enough and in the future I can always go for links SQL. Hyperseek seems great but I did not have a chance to try it myself and therefore don't feel too great about spending $900 for something that I might not like... There is also a problem with foreign characters that I have to use... I found some mods for links 2.0 that can handle that, but as far as I know Hyperseek will only support those characters in the new 2000 edition... Well, right know I am using Links 2.0 just because it was free for me to try... I still have not decided which way to go...

What would you guys use?

Craig Antill — Sat, 11 Dec 1999 15:48:00 +0000

John Cokos (Hyperseek) and Alex Krohn (Links) are two of the nicest guys out there - they're also two of the msot talented.

You can rest assured that whichever package you go with, you will be happy. Your decision depends on two or three things:

How much money you have
What you wish to achieve with the script
Whether you are prepared to get your hands dirty with a bit of code tweaking, or wish to pay someone else to do it for you

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RobertW — Sat, 11 Dec 1999 00:12:00 +0000

Thanks Everybody

Stefen Enns — Fri, 10 Dec 1999 23:28:00 +0000

Ah, yes, that's Hyperseek all right.

RobertW: I can't praise Links enough. In my humble opinion, it's the finest directory script on the Internet.

JP Stones — Fri, 10 Dec 1999 09:55:00 +0000

I was thinking of the VirtualPromote site http://www.the1000.com/
Sorry,
JP

Stefen Enns — Fri, 10 Dec 1999 02:06:00 +0000

JP: Unless I'm mistaken, they actually use POD, which is free.

JP Stones — Thu, 09 Dec 1999 10:03:00 +0000

I am fairly sure that VirtualPromote.com uses Hyperseek software.
JP

Mon, 06 Dec 1999 06:10:00 +0000

if you are willing to spend a few bob on making hyperseek work better go to http://turkiyem.com/turkscripts/Hyperseek_Add-Ons/hyperseek_add-ons.html

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RobertW — Mon, 06 Dec 1999 04:33:00 +0000

Great, are you happy with it, did you have any problems?

sumengen — Sun, 05 Dec 1999 14:46:00 +0000

For the record:
I am using hyperseek..

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