Zoom Search Engine 6.0.1017

Zoom is a free package for web developers to add a powerful custom search engine to their website, or CD/DVD, in a matter of minutes. No complicated server-side setup procedures, just index and upload from the convenience of your own Windows computer. Features include: "Google-like" context descriptions and recommended links, word stemming, image thumbnails in search results; custom meta fields, logging and statistic reports, sort by date options, spelling suggestions, ability to effectively index different file types (e.g. PDF, XLSX, ZIP, SWF). Available for PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JavaScript or CGI platforms.

Version 6 is the most powerful version of Zoom yet with features including a new, more intuitive and flexible interface; an improved Search Ranking Algorithm which produces more relevant results; Faster and more accurate exact phrase searches; Word Stemming which allows searches to match words which are similar or derivatives of each other; powerful Custom Meta Fields which allows you to add database-like search criteria without the need for a database; the ability to index MS Office 2007 and ZIP file types; Automatic login for cookie-based authentication; Improved Indexing Status Window; a real-time Search Statistics PHP script; and increased JavaScript, PHP and ASP capacity for unique words and pages.

Major Features:

1. Search results sorted by relevance or by date
2. Wildcard searching (eg. "zo?m", "*zoom*")
3. Exact phrase searching
4. "Google-like" context search results
5. Highlight words found in search results
6. Provide spelling suggestions and synonyms
7. Exclusion/negative searches
8. V6 Search Ranking Algorithm and Stemming
9. Display images or thumbnails alongside search results
10. Provide recommended links for certain keywords or phrases
11. Perform database-like multi-criteria searches using Custom Meta Fields.
12. Capable of serving up to 300 queries per minute
13. Can index and search 1000s of web site domains in a single index
14. Search inside DOC, PDF, PPT, XLS, RTF, and WPD files
    
15. Search a Flash-based site. Index SWF and FlashPaper files
    
16. A9 and OpenSearch compatible XML/RSS output (CGI only)
17. Log all searches made on your website and generate detailed pie-charts and graphical statistic reports so you know what your visitors are looking for
18. Completely customizable search page appearance with HTML and CSS templates
19. International language support (various charset support, UTF-8, accent, diacritic and ligature options, translated search pages and more)

Enhancements:

• Fixed bug with indexing page titles and meta descriptions containing the pipe character. This caused thumbnail links to be broken.
• Fixed handling of search queries containing the pound (£) sign. It is now correctly stripped out of the search query.
• Fixed bug with "%" and "#" characters not being escaped in the filename when using Offline Mode.
• Fixed bug with indexing stopping when "Strip Arabic diacritic marks from words" is enabled and the Indexer encounters a word containing nothing but diacritic marks.
• Fixed ASP.NET bug with empty search parameters.
• Updated "highlight.js" script with a more compatible scrolling method.

Requirements:

• For indexing your website, you will require a computer with
• • Windows 2000, XP, Server 2003, Vista 32/64bit, Server 2008 32/64bit, or Win7 32/64bit.
  • Internet Explorer 5.5 or later
  • 64 megs of memory (more memory is required to index larger sites)
  • At least 30 megabytes of available disk space
  • For searching on your online web site or CD-ROM,
• Your requirements will depend on the scripting platform of your choice. You will need either one of the following:
• • Web server with PHP (4.2 or higher) installed OR
  • Web server with ASP 3.0 or higher and VBScript 5.5+ installed OR
  • Web server with ASP.NET support (and hosting permission to install server control)
  • Web server with CGI executable permissions (CGI option) OR
  • A web browser with JavaScript 1.5 or higher support (Javascript option)