| jimdes 2007-01-07, 4:26 pm |
| Hi
I'm looking for some advice on integrating a search facility on a website.
My knowledge is fairly basic so bear with me.
I've created a html website with a basic navigation structure within a template (gif buttons which link to different areas of the website). In this case there are different product categories. In these pages I have hyperlinks to an online shopping ASP database (already built) which i bought and modified.
I want to integrate a 'search field' in the html template that will allow the users to search the website's static pages for specific information by entering a keyword. As the database pages only contain a brief description of the product i don't need to include them in the search at this point.
Having looked into this i reckon there are 2 options. 1 Use an existing search engine company and use their engine or build my own database
and convert all my static pages into dynamic ASP pages that can be searched.
Am i right? Do i have to convert the static pages to dynamic database driven pages?
I suppose its a case of weighing up the best option. Using someone elses search engine (without displaying sponsered links etc) costs money however developing a database (which is new to me) will take more time!?
Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks for your time. |