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February 16, 1998
Serving Up Quality Searches
| Product | Index Server 2.0 | Net Results 1.2 | Search97 Information Service |
| Pricing | Free with Windows NT 4.0 | $995 per Web server | Begins at $7,995 |
| Server platforms | Windows NT 4.0, Linux, Digital Unix | All server platforms | Solaris, Windows NT4.0, IRIX, HP-UX, AIX, Digital Unix |
| Web servers supported | IIS | Any | IIS, Netscape, Apache |
| Multiple-server indexing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Incremental reindexing | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Customized index fields | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meta tag support | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Multiple languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser-based administration | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Query types | Boolean, SQL, IDQ | Boolean, natural language, full sentence | Boolean, natural language, Query- by-example |
| Indexed document types | HTML, text, ASP, MS Office, Adobe | HTML, MS Word, PostScript, RTF, Text | HTML, SGML, MS Office97, PDF, WordPerfect |
| Company | Microsoft | Innotech Multimedia | Verity |
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Kevin Railsback is an Associate Technical Editor for the ZD Internet Lab.
Send e-mail to krailsba@zd.com.