japhy — Thu, 13 Jan 2000 01:30:00 +0000

I wrote a keyword parser for search engines to use. It allows AltaVista style searching in this manner:

+phrase (or) +"phrase here" means the phrase must be matched

-phrase (or) -"phrase here" means the phrase must not be matched

phrase (or) "phrase here" means the phrase is optional

It also allows for "*" and "?", which mean "any characters" and "any character".

Right now, it's an entire program that searches its own documentation, but it can be modified. It's available at http://www.crusoe.net/~jeffp/programs/keyword-parser

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Rob Pengelly — Wed, 12 Jan 2000 19:11:00 +0000

If you do not want the hassle of setting up a CGI Script to search your site, you may be interested in a service at http://www.picosearch.com/

I personally have not used it, but it looks cool.

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[This message has been edited by robp (edited 12 January 2000).]

Maverick — Wed, 12 Jan 2000 18:58:00 +0000

You'll find a large selection of pre-written, easy to use Perl scripts for searching your site.