Version 7 brings Zoom to a new level of platform flexibility and usage possibilities for all web developers -- from enthusiast web sites to enterprise scale operations.
The indexer is now available for Windows (32-bit and 64-bit), Linux, and Mac OS X. This means you can now manage and index your search engine from any of these platforms, opening up a world of possibilities when installed on the web server**.
New search features introduced in V7 include:
• | Autocomplete search box: As you type in the search box, suggestions based on popular searches will appear to autocomplete the query. |
• | Date range searching: You can now specify a date range at search time with a dropdown date selection box. |
• | Email file formats now supported (.PST, .MBOX, .DBX, .EML, .MSG). Useful for Intranet search engines. |
• | New media/video formats now supported (.AVI, .WMV, .MPG, .RMV, .RMVB, .MOV, .QT, .WAV, .AIF, ... and more) |
• | Improved image file meta data indexing: now using exiftool. |
• | URL indexing: Now indexing the URL (domain name) and the path (folder names) in the URL. ("Configure"->"Indexing options") |
• | Search by site: Now supporting "site:" and "url:" search syntax, e.g. a search for "beagle site:mydogs.com" will search for all beagles on the mydogs.com domain only. |
• | Domain diversity: Ensure the first 3 results come from different domains ("Configure"->"Search Page"). Useful for search engines indexing more than one site. |
• | Scan files with unknown extensions: Analyzes files of unrecognizable file extensions to determine how to index them. Useful on "deep searching" external web sites. |
• | Page and folder skip list now has a case insensitive option ("Skip pages with same URL ignoring upper and lower case") |
• | Plugin timeout ("Configure"->"Scan options"->"Override plugin timeout...") allows you to force abort processing a file if the plugin takes too long to complete (usually due to a corrupt or problematic file). |
• | Scan file with unknown extensions will analyse any unrecognized file extension and attempt to index it accordingly (e.g. can detect a JPEG that has been misnamed as a .bin, etc.) |
• | Results can now be sorted by Relevancy, Date (newest first) and Date (oldest first) with a user configurable default |
• | Improved ASP.NET Server Control integration mechanisms: PostBack support ("Configure"->"Search Page"->"Use PostBack for search options") and defaults to no <form> tag. |
• | Index options for URL domain and URL path ("Configure"->"Indexing options"->"What to index") |
• | Can now be configured to index e-mail addresses (Word join rules: @ sign and dots) |
• | Indexer redesigned to no longer need a "max. unique words" limit specified by the user. This means you no longer need to guesstimate the number of unique words to index and be disappointed when the indexer hits the limit and has not finished indexing your sites. You can still specify a limit if you would like to restrict the memory usage or final index size, but it is now optional. |
• | Improved automatic cookie-based login: You can specify additional parameters (besides the login and password) to login to a form-based / cookie / session based login page. This allows you to login to most form based secured web sites. |
• | New HTTP engine for Spider Mode crawling. Faster and uses less memory than previous HTTP engine. |
• | SSL and HTTPS now supported in Spider Mode. |
• | Integrated Windows Authentication (NTLM) supported |
• | Improved spider crawling and indexing engine (finds more links, crawls faster, uses less memory). |
• | Improved spelling suggestions for words with more than 3 syllables. |
** The Linux release can be administered via a web interface, so when installed on a web server, you can manage and re-index your site remotely and on-demand, via the web. The Windows version can also be installed on an IIS server with necessary permissions and Remote Desktop access.
A full list of new features can be found at our What's New web page at http://www.wrensoft.com/zoom/whatsnew.html.
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