Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck

Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck by snowmaker on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @02:04PM (#3945020)

I've checked out Swiftype, and I have to say that it is awesome. It's basically the "Stripe" of site search, in that it fixes a system that was just broken.

Hosted site search as a market has had basically zero innovation since Google launched its site search product. That was like 6 years ago.

If you've ever tried Google site search, you know how much it sucks. It's basically just a thin wrapper around a site:yourdomain.com Google search. It gives you zero control over the index (it uses the public Google index), and it's completely inappropriate for any large-scale site.

Swiftype is a perfect fit for sites that want a high-quality, customized site-search that feels like it was built from scratch. Even if you're already using Solr on your site, Swiftype can be great for creating a lightweight search engine, like for your help/documentation section.

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Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck by mprovost on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @03:38PM (#3945444)

Google would like you to believe that everyone stopped innovating when they did. There's actually a thriving market for site search but very little of it is for free. Check out SLI which has been doing cool stuff in this space for years. http://www.sli-systems.com/solutions/site-search

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Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck by arkitaip on Tuesday May 08, 2012 @04:14PM (#3945583)

More likely all the low hanging fruits are gone and further improvements in web search requires some serious resources.

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Re:Swiftype (YC W12) Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck by JohnGolt on Wednesday May 09, 2012 @04:37AM (#3947600)

Ivinco Website Search (http://getwebsitesearch.com/) already one year on the market in custom search.

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