It is very rare today that we develop a solution that doesn’t have a search function integrated in some form or other as a part of the total solution.
In short, Pentia do not make any form of self-developed search engine. Good search engines do not hang on trees, they are not easy to develop and typically it is an independent business area. Therefore the only correct thing to do is to utilize already existing, well established search engines.
Pentia has experience with a range of search engines and lately has also had good experiences with Google Mini; where after a number of implementations we must say that it is a really good choice of search engine for a number of reasons:
- It is a thoroughly tested and stable product.
- The price of the Google Mini is competitive.
- A server is included in the price and is ready to be plugged in to your existing setup.
- It is very quick to crawl content.
- Practically everything can be configured via the administrations panel.
- It is scalable.
- It integrates with Google’s other applications, such as Google Analytics.
- It is relatively easy and quick to implement up against your website.
It is important to consider especially the last point where Pentia has experienced that it takes significantly less time to implement a Google Mini search engine than it does to implement other search engines that we have had experience with.
In conclusion, it would be a good idea to consider Google’s search engine technology when considering a new search engine and in many cases it would be the search engine that we recommend.
Read more about Google Mini here
Get Google Mini product sheet here
Read more about the use of Google Mini at Frederiksberg Kommune here