61% (437) site managers had not installed a search
engine, about the same as our previous surveys. When explaining
why not, most web site administrators said that they didn't do so
because they didn't have time. This proportion has not changed very
much from last year, though a smaller percentage said that it is
too complex to add search (19.1% down to 15.7%) or they didn't see
the need (6.7% down to 4.2%). Cost is becoming a great consideration:
only 5.6% cited it as a problem last year, while 7.7% do so this
year.
In addition to our earlier standard categories, many
people chose say that they have a new site and plan to add search
as part of the site design. Search engine quality is also becoming
a consideration, with several people noting that they are searching
for a good engine, or complaining about problems with a previous search
engine.
| Reasons NOT to implement search |
|
| Haven't had time |
234 |
| Too complex to add |
86 |
| Cost is too high |
42 |
| New site |
38 |
| Can't use CGI on our system |
33 |
| Not enough content to justify |
31 |
| Don't see any need |
23 |
| Don't know how |
19 |
| Database is searchable |
16 |
| Looking for a good one |
15 |
| Other |
10 |
|
| Had a bad one |
4 |
| Have a partial search |
1 |
| Need a special one |
1 |
| Need to search pages as well as PDF |
1 |
| Searching HTML files on a CD |
1 |
| Still at design stage |
1 |
| need to index by HTTP requests, not file crawls |
1 |
