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SearchBlox Vs Google Site Search – a comparison

Posted by Robert Selvaraj on June 14, 2011

If you are already using Google Site Search or considering using it, then you should consider using SearchBlox as your site search engine. It is fast, powerful and with the new cloud-hosted plans, requires no hardware/software deployment.

Searchblox gives you full control over indexing of your content – what should be indexed and when it should be indexed.

See how they compare:

Google Site Search SearchBlox Cloud
Number of indexes/collections One per license Unlimited
Page Indexing No control on which pages are indexed and when they are available for searching Full control. Indexed pages are immediately available for searching
Index password protected pages No Yes
On-demand indexing Yes. Pages indexed within 24 hours Yes. Pages indexed immediately
On-demand indexing quota Yes. Upto 10,000 pages for $2000 per year No. Unlimited.
On-demand indexing frequency Once every 24 hours No limitations. Can be used any number of times.
XML search results Yes Yes
Multi language Support in search results Yes Yes
Promote specific pages in search results Yes Yes
Customize look & feel of search results thru web interface Yes Yes
Price Variable depending on the number of search queries. Starts at $100 per year Fixed for a cloud plan. Starts at $29 per month

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