URLwire
for Tuesday July 30, 2002
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New Search Engine
Tool Searches Javascript Files
The
industry's first search product to index JavaScript hyperlinks and JavaScript
dynamic content was announced by Thunderstone
Software. The new capability is bundled with Thunderstone's Texis search
software, and is available immediately.
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| "JavaScript links are part of the
'invisible web' that most search engines miss," said John Turnbull,
Thunderstone's general manager. "Making that information searchable may
be especially important on corporate networks or portals." |
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The need to index JavaScript links has
become a serious challenge on the Internet. More and more web designers
use JavaScript not only to add interactivity to web pages, but for basic
site navigation as well. As JavaScript usage has become more mainstream,
sites have grown increasingly dependent on JavaScript-enabled browsers.
But since search engines cannot "see" JavaScript links, search-engine users
are missing valuable content -- often without knowing it.
Neither the major web-search sites,
nor specialized search products, currently collect JavaScript links for
indexing. "JavaScript links are part of the 'invisible web' that most search
engines miss," said John Turnbull, Thunderstone's general manager.
"Making that information searchable may be especially important on corporate
networks or portals."
Many organizations need to run large
intra-net search engines, aggregating content from a variety of internal
sources. "They may run an internal crawler and not even know they're missing
all those pages linked by JavaScript." Turnbull said. "We've seen that
occur, for example, at companies using Lotus's QuickPlace product, which
creates collaboration sites navigable mainly by JavaScript links."
Thunderstone's support of JavaScript
link indexing reinforces Texis as the most comprehensive and versatile
search software on the market. Texis also provides a broad range of other
data discovery and indexing techniques. That includes indexing 'deep' information
such as database content and newswire feeds, or even results from other
search engines, all of which may be continually changing.
Thunderstone is offering a free trial
of the JavaScript link crawler through Oct. 30. The feature is included
with Thunderstone's Webinator web-site indexing product. Anyone who administers
a web site may download a full working copy via the link on Thunderstone's
home page, at http://www.thunderstone.com/ .
Thunderstone Software LLC is the
premier provider of text-search technology integrated with SQL relational
database functionality. Applications include publishing, catalogs, classified
advertising, auctions, content management, and web-searching. Thunderstone
is a 20-year-old company whose products are used on thousands of web sites
worldwide. Major customers include eBay, QVC, About.com, ZDNet, HotJobs,
and many others. For more information, visit http://www.thunderstone.com
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