search engine not working

[Guest]

My web site has numerous scientific terms, mission titles, and phrases. Often
the same terms ( "Kp-Index" ), phrase ( "meteor shower propagation" ), and
title ( "Genesis Mission" ) appear several times on numerous pages in the
Web. Special attention may be given to text by using it in a link, using it
as a bookmark to a section of an article as well as having it appear in a
meta "keyword" entry. Hyperlinks are recalculated every 24 to 48 hours. I am
using the search engine that is intergral with FrontPage 2002. The search
function has been added to and removed from the Web at various times.

Searching for the above often results in "no document found". Server logs
list unfound strings that readers have used in a search with nothing being
found. These same strings are in the text of the Web. Boolean searches seem
to provide no better results than simple text searches.

How can I improve searches?

KC4COP

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

If you are hosted on Unix/Linux, then FP is using the WAIS text search engine, which is very basic,
and there really is no setting that you can set, etc.

If you are hosted on Windows IIS server, see if you can use Index Server, where you can then create
custom search function via ASP or ASP.net.

Otherwise, you will have to look for a 3rd Party Search service or application.

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[Guest]

If you are hosted on Unix/Linux, then FP is using the WAIS text search engine, which is very basic,
and there really is no setting that you can set, etc.

If you are hosted on Windows IIS server, see if you can use Index Server, where you can then create
custom search function via ASP or ASP.net.

Otherwise, you will have to look for a 3rd Party Search service or application.

--
==============================================
Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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Thank you for you help. I will contact the folks that operate the web server. Is there any solution that I can try on my end? I did not mention in my first post that I have checked to make sure that the correct FrontPage extensions are installed on the server. They are installed and are not corrupt.
KC4COP

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Not that I am aware of.

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Thomas A. Rowe (Microsoft MVP - FrontPage)
WEBMASTER Resources(tm)

FrontPage Resources, WebCircle, MS KB Quick Links, etc.
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