FindinSite
(formerly Spy-Server)
Product Information: Java , ASP.Net
, Hosted service
Platform : Java
servlet, ASP.NET service , remote hosting service
Price : $99 personal version for one web site, up to 200 pages, $299 standard for one web site,
unlimited pages
Remote hosting: $15 per month up to 1,000 pages; $30 per month up to 2,500 pages, $60 per month up to $5,000 pages; contact company for other options.
CD Search engine version also available
Features
Java engine, tested with many Java servers
ASP,NET Web Application works on a Windows server with IIS, shared hosts OK
Indexes HTML, text, Acrobat PDF, Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, JPEG and TIFF metadata
Local server file indexing, and robot crawler indexing
Can index multiple servers and store content in separate indexes, including those hosted elsewhere
Can include and exclude file names, can use wildcards
Index scheduling and email reporting
Recognizes index stop and start commands (<!--googleoff-->, <!--findinsiteon:index-->, also DIV class=nospy, and ignores text in applets, script
Can send passwords for basic authentication
Optional stopwords file
Languages: English, German, Spanish, French, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese,
Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
32 character sets supported
Searches for all matches by default
Supports double-quotes for phrase matching
Boolean query processing (AND, OR, NOT, parentheses)
Can store word position for adjacent word searches
Wildcards allowed
Word stemming and synonyms
Searches on metadata fields
Match words highlighting
in results
Clicking through to HTML jumps to match words position
HTML templates for displaying results pages
Browser-based configuration console
HTML templates for results display
.NET or JSP integration
Search programmer interface (API) as an XML-based Web Service or more direct calls, can filter, customize and rearrange results
No search reports or search logs seem to be available
Active development: updates Nov. 2007
Articles & Reviews
ZDNet
review of Spy-CD ZDNet Downloads : October,
2000
A 5-star (out of 5) short review of the CD search engine, says it's
easy to use and install.