The quest for a search engine
s l a m is supposed to be a knowledge management weblog about site and system administration.
I can't imagine a knowledge management tool without a search facility. This translates to a search form accessible on the published public version of s l a m.
Dave points out that Google is so good these days that it can be relied upon to index one's weblog public site on a regular basis. That may be true for his blog, which everyone links to, but I've observed it's not adequate for a lowkey startup blog, with a still confidential audience like s l a m.
So I started on my quest of a viable alternative - I needn't feel alone there, as a search of the radio-userland discussion group over at Yahoo for weblog search soon proved.
I've currently settled on the free trial service provided by Atomz. I like the way I can customize the search result template for better visual integration in s l a m.
Try it now on the left pane, below the navigation links.
I've also read good feedback for Webinator and PicoSearch.
For a local search, accessible from the desktop part of Radio, the search tool included in Mark Paschal's kit is the way to go.
10:13:34 AM Google It!
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