Search Engine Software

Question

I am looking for software to set up a search feature for a
client's site. I am on a Mac and will do the set up, they use PC's
and will be updating the site themselves. All I've been able to
find is Windows software. Does anyone know a good piece of software
I can buy that has a MAC version too??? I need to add a search box
to both html and flash files.

Answer 1

> Thanks, but I didn't mean the os the web site visitor is
using, I mean the
> os
> that the search engine creation software runs on. I'm on
a mac and all the
> search engine creation software seems to be windows.
Search engine software runs on the server. Sometimes, the
program that does
the indexing runs on a separate server.
Zoom search is oft-recommended and we recently bought it
ourselves. We like
it. $100. The indexer, however, runs on a Windows computer.
So, your client
can just run it on their machine, or, if it's a windows
server, just set it
up on the server.
The web portion can be run as a CGI app or you can use their
PHP or ASP
APIs.
Otherwise, if you REALLY need an SE that runs on both OSX and
XP, then look
here:
http://www.searchtools.com/tools/tools.html
-Darrel