Search Tools Product Reports
Sandy Bay Results Engine
Product Information
Warning: this service seems to have been discontinued
Platform: remote search service
Price: free (advertising)
Features
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- Index and search partner sites to provide a vertical portal
- Define results rankings, so internal pages always come up first
- Extensive reporting & analysis tools
- Some problems with duplicate pages
- Indexes PostScript files.
Articles & Reviews
- Intelligent Results: The Key to Direct E-Marketing Leverage Customized Search
Capabilities to Maximize Visitor Acquisition, Retention and Loyalty Sandy
Bay White Paper, January 2001
Company white paper touts the benefits of having "custom vertical search"
-- a combined internal and external search engine, indexing related sites
such as partners. They offer a service that will perform this, ranking the
internal pages first, yet displaying external pages; also includes targeted
advertising and e-commerce. They track clicks in results and provide other
reports, allowing administrators to learn what customers want. The white paper
describes the remote indexing and search process.
- Yet
another search engine Mass High Tech, July 3, 2000 by Matthew French
Article takes an thoughtful look at this search technology, service and
benefits, with quotes from the founders.
- Vortal
Services Now Offered Search Engine Report, July 2000 by Danny Sullivan
Says the tools for webmasters to manage content are impressive.
Examples
2002-12-18