Date: 26.1.1999
To: exhibitor@ndt.net
From: Rolf Diederichs <rd@ndt.net>
Subject: NDTnet Crawler Search

Dear NDTnet Exhibitor,

I would like to introduce some features you may like to use to increase the visibility of your Web Site through our new Internet crawler (global NDTsearch engine). 

1. Use Keywords Meta Tag in the header of  your HTML documents. 
That ensure a high ranking when a search query is performed with the NDTnet global search. 
Example:
<META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="ndt, nondestructive testing, ultrasonic, transducer, probe, Siemens, etc.">
Try  the query "transducer" with the Exhibition Crawler search and you will see what comes first.
But you should really sell transducers :-)

Add also your company name. We will offer a form in the exhibition which will produce a list of remote pages of the selected exhibitor  (like a table of contents or quick site menu). Do not use other company names :-)

2. You may want to offer a search at your Site. 
When your site offers more than about 20 pages a search engine can be already useful.
If you have no resources you can easily use our NDTnet Search Form at your  Site.
Every day our crawler  builds a new index  and offers a full-text search through all your pages.
You just need to integrate the following HTML source in a page of your site.

------------------------------------------build-in -----------------------------------------------
<form method="get" name="searchform" action="http://www.ndt.net/cgi-bin/htsearch">
<input type=hidden name=config value=ndtexh>
<input type=hidden name=exclude value="www.ndt.net">
<input type=hidden name=restrict  value="YOUR HOMEPAGE URL">
<input type="text" size="20" name="words" value="">
<input type="submit" value="Search"><font size=2><br>
<input type=radio name=format value=builtin-long checked>Long -
<input type=radio name=format value=builtin-short>Short - Format 
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<input type=radio name=method value=and checked> AND
<input type=radio name=method value=or>OR
</font></form>
-------------------------------------------- End --------------------------------------------------

As an example what the crawler does every night! See a Log File at the end of this page.
If you have any question or you may need further help, 
do not hesitate to contact me.

Best regards
Rolf Diederichs


25.1.1999 Log File:
htdig: Run complete 
htdig: 23 servers seen: 
htdig: ourworld.compuserve.com:80 6 documents 
htdig: www.aeat.co.uk:80 31 documents 
htdig: www.force.dk:80 372 documents 
htdig: www.imasonic.com:80 28 documents 
htdig: www.irt.co.il:80 27 documents 
htdig: www.karldeutsch.de:80 100 documents 
htdig: www.metalscan.com:80 33 documents 
htdig: www.mri.on.ca:80 5 documents 
htdig: www.ndtsystems.com:80 60 documents 
htdig: www.nukem.de:80 1 document 
htdig: www.nuson.nl:80 17 documents 
htdig: www.optel.com.pl:80 41 documents 
htdig: www.panametrics.com:80 554 documents 
htdig: www.qmi-inc.com:80 39 documents 
htdig: www.qmsystems.com:80 19 documents 
htdig: www.qnetworld.com:80 42 documents 
htdig: www.rd-tech.com:80 126 documents 
htdig: www.sdindt.com:80 18 documents 
htdig: www.sonatest-plc.com:80 76 documents 
htdig: www.sonotech-inc.com:80 155 documents 
htdig: www.technologydesign.com:80 30 documents 
htdig: www.v-i-t.com:80 121 documents 
htdig: www.yxlon.com:80 5 documents

htmerge: Total word count: 30156 
htmerge: Total documents: 1860
htmerge: Total doc db size (in K): 11909