Market Trends

• site search, commerce, intranet search need taken for granted by web site managers

• smaller scale than webwide search

• blurring of boundaries, big search engines now more interested in the market

  • Inktomi, AltaVista new versions, FAST (AllTheWeb), Google, NorthernLight

• expect a big shakeout, several products already discontinued:

  • Quadralay, Tecumseh Scout, Magnifi, Cybotics, Excerpt; work on Excite for Web Servers, PLS

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