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So you have planned out your next site, given a lot of time to the database backend, identified thousands of products for your visitors to buy, and you're ready to roll...right? Well, maybe not quite yet. Sure, you might have tons of stuff to buy, but how are your visitors going to find the item they're looking for in your mega-catalog? The answer is usually a search application for your site. Companies such as Google, AltaVista, and Yahoo! have made a pretty penny developing search engine technology, but don't be fooled into thinking that search engines are only for the big boys. Any site that initially has a large volume of data or even those that start small and grow over time can be benefited by the addition of searching capabilities. |