RE: OT:Search Engines-Amazon

Verity doesn't search within your database... you have to generate a bulk insert file from the data, it then indexes that.

Not sure about how Altavista does it... we are not looking at them to search directly against our database.

>From: "Steve Orr" <sorr_at_arzoo.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: RE: OT:Search Engines-Amazon
>Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 09:18:08 -0800
>
>Hi Rachel,
>
>So how does AltaVista and Verity work? ...That is, does it search against
>CLOB text in our wonderful Oracle databases or does it require files?
>
>TIA,
>Steve Orr
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Carmichael
>Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 6:36 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>Amazon uses Altavista (according to Altavista). CDNow uses Verity
>(according
>to people I have spoken with at CDNow).
>
>if you go to www.altavista.com and look for their search engine, they list
>the customers who use it. www.verity.com does the same.
>
>We have been looking at search engines recently. There are good and bad
>points to both altavista and verity, but they seem to be the top ones out
>there.
>
>Rachel
>
> >From: "Koivu, Lisa" <lkoivu_at_qode.com>
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> >Subject: OT:Search Engines-Amazon
> >Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2000 04:49:08 -0800
> >
> >Hello all, this may be a stab in the dark, and forgive me for being off
> >topic -
> >
> >By chance does anyone know what search engine Amazon is using? Or
>remember
> >any articles published about what technologies they use? Their search
> >times
> >are amazing. Something tells me they are not using Intermedia.
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >Lisa Rutland Koivu
> >Oracle Database Administrator
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