Re: New Robot Announcement
Mordechai T. Abzug (mabzug1@gl.umbc.edu)
Mon, 15 Jan 1996 18:13:01 -0500 (EST)
"LB" == Larry Burke spake thusly:
LB>
LB> Name: Duppies (rhymes with puppies)
LB>
LB> Purpose: Allows website administrator to provide searchable index of
LB> their own site as well as other related sites. Has facilities to perform
LB> timed updates. Performs several other utility functions. Includes
LB> filtering system to limit indexing to files meeting specified criteria.
LB> Single program performs robot function, text indexing, and search
LB> processing either as a CGI or a stand-alone web server.
LB>
LB> Important Note: It is our intention to make Duppies available
LB> commercially to web administrators. Any comments on this would be
LB> welcomed. We feel a large missing part of many web sites is the lack of a
LB> site specific index (try finding anything at www.apple.com).
Exactly how is this better than Harvest, which is free?
--
Mordechai T. Abzug
http://umbc.edu/~mabzug1 mabzug1@umbc.edu finger -l mabzug1@gl.umbc.edu
Naaah, real men don't read docs.