Title:	THE NEED FOR WEBSITE SEARCH ENGINES: CHOOSING A SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION
Author(s):	Serena Pastore
ISBN:	978-972-8924-35-5
Editors:	Piet Kommers (series editors: Piet Kommers, Pedro Isaías and Nian-Shing Chen)
Year:	2007
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Information retrieval, search engine, open source software, local search systems, information seeking.
Type:	Reflection Paper
First Page:	475
Last Page:	478
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	A website must be accessible to have value, meaning that people are able locate a specific topic right away without follow links or prearranged navigation tools. A search tool gives value-added functionality to a website and a chance for its visitors to find information focused on a specific topic or area. Configured as a web information retrieval problem, the solution often needs an intranet search engine, and the software choice depends on different requirements (i.e. price, platform, capacity, ease of installation, maintenance). This paper describes three possible existing software implementations tested for the specific aim of providing web visitors with an easy and quick way to find a topic despite its specific file format (i.e. text, audio, video). The solutions differ in the programming languages used for their development and in the way they store the index of search terms, which may be successfully used in the context of a text or html collections but present some challenges in dealing with audio and video content.
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