Databases and Search Engines

SIMS 257, September 26, 2002

Avi Rappoport, SearchTools.com

• Text search is not the same as database search

• How text search engines work

• Inverted indexes vs. database storage

• Indexing database-backed web sites

• Site search: advantages of DB Search

• Site search: Advantages of text search engines

• Site Text Search Examples

• Faceted metadata - parametric search that actually works