Dan911 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 My goal is to make a search engine that searches a specific list of sites I make(the only example i can think of is something torrentz.com, which searches many torrent sites for a specific torrent) I know I could just use Google, but I would prefer to make my own engine in php. Would it be best to add the info from all the sites i want into a MYSQL database that updates itself,( i know how to search a mySQL database) or are there some commands I could use to search other websites?. Any info is appreciated, even come commands I should look at. Thanks, Noobie D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teng84 Posted July 12, 2007 Share Posted July 12, 2007 you may use the like operator and store the keyword of each site on your db and you can also use soundex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan911 Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 but how would i import info from websites into my database? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarhand Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 but how would i import info from websites into my database? thats the reason why search engines have robots/spiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan911 Posted July 13, 2007 Author Share Posted July 13, 2007 so i would need to create a simplified robot/spider? and can anyone give me any info or links to information that would help me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackerkts Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Well, you could search for the text on the site, try reading this http://www.the-art-of-web.com/php/parse-links/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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