Site search

[StreetwiseReports]

My google site search is now costing us $750/year. That is an outrageous fee for providing a search feature on our website. does anyone know of an effective search box we can put on our site that is less expensive than google?

[DanDeceuster]

I believe Google has two options for site search which you can see here: http://support.google.com/customsearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72326

I believe the free version is called CSE which you can find here: http://www.google.com/cse/

If you are set on leaving Google there are a few alternatives like:

http://www.atomz.com/

http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/

http://www.beyondink.com/beyondsitesearch.php

Usually free depending on size of your site. Hopefully that helps.

[jim_cetin]

how about a CMS that has built-in search functionality.

some CMS' even go further and provide separate SOLR searching plus indexing and not just a pure database based one (faceted search etc.).

My choice DRUPAL!