Installing a site search tool is easiest on a local server. Administrators working on co-located and hosted servers have a harder time installing site searching, and are significantly less likely to do so.

In the past year, we've seen more people using looking for search engines for CD-ROM and other disc distribution systems.

 

location	without search	with search
Server(s) at our site	550	323
Server(s) co-located at an ISP	102	82
Hosted at an ISP	378	139
CD-ROM	8	0
Other	33	11

 

 

 

 

 

July 2002 Survey Results

Sites & Search
 - Why Install
 - Why Not Installed
 - Site Sizes
 - Update Rate
 - Server Location
 - Languages
 - Multi-lingual Sites
 - File Formats

Ratings
 - Summary
 - Popular
 - Custom
 - Others