3rd-Party Search for SharePoint

Added By Tony Byrne at 20-Jun-2005 | Twitter: @TonyByrne |

Enterprise Search vendor Coveo has launched a "Sharepoint" edition of its search product. Why create a commercial search engine specifically for SharePoint when the Microsoft portal comes with its own "Search Services" for free? As Enterprise Search Report readers know, SharePoint Search is relatively simple to configure, but somewhat complex to customize in depth; out of the box it is quite functional but not exactly feature rich. Check out this screenshot or this one from Coveo to get a sense for their value-add. At some point, Microsoft will surely add advanced search features to SharePoint, but in the meantime, you might want to try out Coveo's free trial.

Categories: Tony Byrne, Search and Information Access, Marketplace at Large, Selecting Technology, Coveo G2B, Search Server 2008