Search Tools Product Report
Fluid Dynamics Search Engine
previously Xavatoria (Xav) Index Search
Product Information
Price: $40 shareware.
Platform: Perl CGI, should work on Unix, Linux, Windows NT, 2000, 95, 98, ME, XP, etc.
Features
- Robot crawler follows links to locate files, or the local file system
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Indexes multiple web sites.
- Indexing filters allow control over pages included by host name, URL, content, RASCi and PICS headers. Includes 40 preset filter rules.
- Indexes HTML and text, as well as PDF with a free helper.
- Indexes keywords, description, title and URL.
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Can handle up to about 10,000 documents.
- Recognizes Internet Query Operators (+ and -) and Boolean AND, OR, and NOT.
- Allows phrase searching with quotes.
- Extended characters reduced to English equivalents.
- Relevance ranking gives extra weight to phrase matches, and matching words in title, keywords and descriptions.
- Recommended pages given extra weight in results.
- Option to allow public submission of URLs for portals.
- Searches logged by time, search, number of matches, and user host.
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CGI by default, can be called as an API.
- Results pages are template based and easy to edit.
- Browser admin interface.
- Extensive help files, active discussion and email from developers.
Articles & Reviews
- Free Search Engine Comparison by Yiling Chen, revised April 2006, compares Alkaline, Fluid Dynamics, ht://Dig, Juggernautsearch, mnoGoSearch, Perlfect, SWISH-E, Webinator, and Webglimpse, concentrating on indexing, query processing, retrieval, and relevance.
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Resource Rating
CGI Resource Index, as of January 2007
4 1/2 stars, 67 ratings, comments from many happy users.
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Fluid Dynamics Search Engine Detailed Description and Review
AbleStable.com
Explains the features of the Fluid Dynamics Search Engine and reviews it in detail.
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