The Zoom Search Engine's job on that site is to index all of the uploaded files, all of the various companies' info, the regular site pages, and to make them all available in the search index. It's been doing a wonderful job over the past year, and I love it. I've scheduled it to run every day, and to index all of the files. When it's time for it to start, it does so automatically. It spiders the site, builds the index, uploads it to the site through FTP, then closes automatically. I don't have to do anything other than adjust search parameters here and there as the need arises.

Here is a screenshot of the main app window, just as it's indexing the Road Management Catalog. Once it's configured, it spiders the site (you can set it to start multiple threads so the indexing goes faster) and then it goes about its business.

When it's done, it gives you an index status report, to let you know what it found. It also outlines in red any indexing errors, such as files or pages it couldn't download or index.

If I had to talk about the many configuration tabs, I'd have to reproduce their user manual. Instead, let me just show you a screenshot of one of them, the Indexing options. How cool is this? I get to decide what gets indexed, what gets boosted, and how words get joined. And this is just a small sample of what the app can do.

A lot more screenshots are available on the WrenSoft site. Their support section is extensive, a forum is also available, and their tech support is only an email away.The Zoom Search Engine is an amazing product, and well worth its price. As a matter of fact, I'd call it underpriced. It's a tremendous value given its functionality. So if you own a site and have been looking around for a suitable search engine, don't settle for something that's overpriced or inflexible. Get something that's been tried and tested, something that'll work, something you can use on a daily basis and tweak until you get just what you want.