• AltaVista Search Engine

  • powerful (like the webwide AltaVista), has browser administration, little control over results weighting

• Thunderstone Webinator

  • command-line interface, very configurable, own scripting language, works with Texis text database system

• Ultraseek (now Inktomi Search Software)

  • browser administration, very configurable, control results weighting, supports scripting with Python, Content Classification Engine for rules-based directory creation

• Excalibur RetrievalWare

• • browser administration, very configurable, handles many document types such as PDF, even video and multimedia, very sophisticated search functions include date ranges, linguistic analysis, etc.

• Knowledge Management Systems with Search

  Open Text

  • PC Docs / Fulcrum

  • Verity Search 97 Information Server

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Thunderlizard Web Design World
Seattle, July 19, 1999

Avi Rappoport: Search Tools Consulting
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