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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)

• Site search based on the Thunderstone search engine.
• 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

• Mom Seek.com - portal for mothers
• ProfessionalCity.com - edited portal for information technology
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