Hi,<br/><br/>What options are there for getting better search experience like wildcard search from 3rd party vendors?© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:06:20 Z36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3xaphodhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=xaphodHi,<br/><br/>What options are there for getting better search experience like wildcard search from 3rd party vendors?Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:38:33 Z2009-07-02T09:39:08Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#90aeb52e-42a9-4ca0-8d4e-4d4754ce38cfhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#90aeb52e-42a9-4ca0-8d4e-4d4754ce38cfJohn Ferringerhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=John%20FerringerThere are several approaches and tools out there that you can implement to add wildcard functionality into SharePoint, and most of them are without cost or obligation.<br/> <ul> <li>Ramon Scott has posted a walkthough on how to configure wildcard searches yourself in your SharePoint environment. Be sure to check out the post's comments for additional information and a link to another post Ramon wrote on the subject - <a href="http://www.ramonscott.com/wordpress/?p=8">http://www.ramonscott.com/wordpress/?p=8</a> </li> <li>Corey Roth has contributed a free wildcard search add-on for MOSS to CodePlex. As with all CodePlex applications its support is going to be limited, but it is a full 1.0 release of the component and it appears that Corey is still making updates to the project - <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/WildcardSearch">http://www.codeplex.com/WildcardSearch</a> </li> <li>Ontolica Search offers a free wildcard search add-on, with no restrictions on its use.  I don't know what kind of support they offer it, and you will have to provide them marketing contact information in order to download it, just as an FYI - <a href="http://www.ontolica.com/Ontolica for MOSS 2007/Ontolica Wildcard.aspx/">http://www.ontolica.com/Ontolica%20for%20MOSS%202007/Ontolica%20Wildcard.aspx/</a> </li> <li>There's also another project for MOSS wildcard search on CodePlex you can check out (tip of the hat to Paul Galvin for finding this):  <a href="http://www.codeplex.com/SPWildCardSearch/Wiki/View.aspx">http://www.codeplex.com/SPWildCardSearch/</a> </li> </ul> I don't have any personal experience with any of these options, so I can't really recommend one over the other for you. Keep in mind that the two Codeplex projects are listed as MOSS only, and I don't know if the other two are compatible with WSS or not, so if you are running WSS you may not be able to implement any of them...<br/> <br/> John<hr class="sig">MCTS: WSS v3, MOSS 2007, and SCOM 2007 <br/><br/> Now Available on Amazon - <a href="http://is.gd/da9qa"> The SharePoint 2007 Disaster Recovery Guide.</a>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:59:43 Z2009-07-02T11:59:43Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#4de1b9a8-d131-4d5c-86dc-7463c8f0f604http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#4de1b9a8-d131-4d5c-86dc-7463c8f0f604xaphodhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=xaphodThanks for the reply John.<br/>I will look into them<br/><br/>I'm happy to pay for a good product with support, paying is not an issue.<br/>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:02:33 Z2009-07-02T14:02:33Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#fe2d330e-594c-4169-b69f-d7608de7cd9chttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#fe2d330e-594c-4169-b69f-d7608de7cd9cxaphodhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=xaphodI've found this two products that seem very similar:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.ba-insight.net/">http://www.ba-insight.net/</a> with their Longitude product.<br/><a href="http://www.ontolica.com/Ontolica for MOSS 2007/Ontolica Search.aspx">http://www.ontolica.com/Ontolica%20for%20MOSS%202007/Ontolica%20Search.aspx</a> Ontolica Search<br/><br/>Pricing is similar.<br/><br/>Anybody know the difference or have experience of any?<br/>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:46:55 Z2009-07-02T22:46:55Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#516b3c77-7061-4612-88c6-eb8bd34de6f3http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#516b3c77-7061-4612-88c6-eb8bd34de6f3yagyashreehttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=yagyashreeIf pricing it not a matter here and you are using Microsoft SharePoint, then go for below microsoft product for search solutions:<br/> <br/> Enterprise Search From Microsoft<br/> <br/> http://www.microsoft.com/enterprisesearch/en/us/fast-customer.aspx<hr class="sig">Visit: http://yagyashree.wordpress.com MCP &amp; MCTS [WSS 3.0/MOSS]Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:53:48 Z2009-07-03T00:53:48Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#a3aee709-8415-4e1f-bf3e-908ae915e890http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#a3aee709-8415-4e1f-bf3e-908ae915e890xaphodhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=xaphodThanks Yagashree,<br/><br/>I just discovered pricing does matter! :)Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:53:51 Z2009-07-03T09:53:51Zhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#991b558a-59b1-4cc4-85b1-3056afa0e212http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sharepointsearch/thread/36e3630a-2984-4aa2-86db-009c83f039c3#991b558a-59b1-4cc4-85b1-3056afa0e212xaphodhttp://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=xaphodAnyone tried Ontolica or Longitude?<br/>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:06:20 Z2009-07-07T22:06:20Z