In this survey, around 60% of the site managers had
not installed a search engine, about the same as our previous surveys.
When explaining why not, most said that they didn't
do so because they didn't have time (42%), although this number
is going down slowly. 16% blamed preceived complexity, a number
which is holding steady. More and more site managers are citing
cost considerations, up from 4% in 1999 to 8% this summer. Only
6% of the sites can't run CGIs or other server software, and 5%
don't have enough content to justify an effort.
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.
July 2001
