Inktomi Web Search 9

Inktomi has released its Web Search 9. Whether or not, and how soon, its partners will implement some of the new features remains to be seen. Key points of the new launch include:

• A new 3 billion record database
• PDFs and other file types
• Spelling suggestions, for English only, but for names as well as dictionary terms
• An even fresher database, claiming to re-index its entire database every 10-14 days and paid inclusion URLs every 48 hours
• “Smart summaries” where Inktomi will either display a “contextual” summary (KWIC display), an editorial summary, or an advertiser-supplied summary for paid-inclusion customers
• And more for Index Connect partners

I don't see all the new features at MSN Search yet, but keep watching. See their press release for more information.