Site Search Facility

I am trying to implement a site search facility to my site. However, i still need to apply some restrictions to the documents that are retrieved. I cannot seem to apply any restrictions to the custom search facility provided and was wondering if anyone had overcome this problem previously?

PaulW wrote:
> ploughman1 schrieb:
>
>> Anyone know of a good in-site search facility? I've
tried Atomz in the
>> past but find it extremely inaccurate when I key in
words which I know
>> should bring up results on my own site. (and yes, I
have tried
>> re-indexing the site).
>
>
> I can recommend Zoom Search Engine of
>
http://www.wrensoft.com/
>
> It works beautifully on my (German) site. Installation
is
> very easy and it is very flexible. Just have a look at
their website.
>
> Paul
This works very well too, it's a PHP engine using Google's
API. Easy to setup and customize, and free.
http://www.dankarran.com/googleapi-phpsitesearch/
seb ( [email protected])
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