Userplane (www.userplane.com), a provider of enterprise social software for online communities, announced on April 11 the launch of Userplane Sitesearch, a powerful search engine easily integrated into any community-based site. Userplane Sitesearch is a next-generation hosted search technology, which can dramatically increase the quantity and quality of results in nearly every category of search. With features like "similar-search" and "double-match," Sitesearch provides users with immediate results and eliminates the zero-result set. Sitesearch also supports "advanced-keyword" search. This feature lets users search by both metadata and keyword simultaneously. In addition, Sitesearch is easily and seamlessly integrated into existing member databases through fast and simple XML and any Web scripting language: PHP, .NET, ASP, ColdFusion, XML, JSP, etc., and is compatible with all legacy databases, including Oracle, DB2, MySQL, Sybase, Informix and more.
Michael Jones, co-founder and CEO of Userplane, said that search is a critical function for users of online dating and other community sites, that many sites today have slow search capabilities that often do not return the results users are seeking, and that Userplane Sitesearch allows for fast searching of a user database and provides a wider and more applicable result set for users. Javier Hall, co-founder and CCO of Userplane, said that this level of search was previously limited to top tier sites with top tier budgets, but Sitesearch brings best-of-breed search technology within reach of virtually any site.
