Zoom is a software package that creates a search engine for your website, intranet, CD, or DVD. Zoom Search Engine is easy to install and use.

Zoom Search Engine provides fast and powerful full-text searching by indexing your website in advance with an user friendly desktop application that allows you to configure and index your site, from the convenience of your Windows computer.

Here are some key features of "Zoom Search Engine Free Edition":

· No advertising, no annual fees
· No scripting knowledge or editing required
· No complicated database setup procedure
· No external web service required
· Highly configurable
· Search static and dynamic web pages (.HTML, .PHP, .ASP, .CF, etc.)
· Search PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, SWF and many other file types
· Runs on almost all web servers and hosting plans
· PHP, ASP, Javascript, and CGI support in one package.
· Search results sorted by relevance or by date
· Wildcard searching
· Exact phrase searching
· "Google-like" context search results
· Highlight words found in search results
· Provide spelling suggestions and synonyms
· Exclusion/negative searches
· V6 Search Ranking Algorithm and Stemming
· Display images or thumbnails alongside search results (more)
· Provide recommended links for certain keywords or phrases (more)
· Perform database-like multi-criteria searches using Custom Meta Fields.
· Capable of serving up to 300 queries per minute
· Can index and search 1000s of web site domains in a single index
· Search inside DOC, PDF, PPT, XLS, RTF, and WPD files (see plugins).
· Search a Flash-based site. Index SWF and FlashPaper files (see plugin).
· A9 and OpenSearch compatible XML/RSS output (CGI only)
· Log all searches made on your website and generate detailed pie-charts and graphical statistic reports so you know what your visitors are looking for
· Completely customizable search page appearance with HTML and CSS templates
· International language support (various charset support, UTF-8, accent, diacritic and ligature options, translated search pages and more)

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed issue with Link Back URLs containing GET parameters (e.g. "mysearch.php?id=35") when appending Zoom parameters for features such as pagination links.
· Fixed bug with ASP script not adding PDF highlighting parameter ("#search=blah") if the PDF extension is not in lowercase.
· Fixed bugs in CGI for Custom Meta Fields of "Text" type using "Exact match". This was not always matching correctly.
· Fixed crash bug in ImageInfo plugin.