The Vmana feature set is quite comparable to that of Google Commerce Search. Behind the scenes, Vmana is powered by the Apache Lucene search engine.
XML Search Results
With XML search results, you have full flexibility over how you will display your results. No ads are displayed.
Automatic Crawler
The Vmana crawler intelligently browses your site and collects all pages that you want it to collect. It is configurable - you can specify regular expressions to keep unwanted URLs out. You can also set the interval between crawls to as little as 4 hours.
On-Demand Indexing
At any time, you can start the automatic crawl process (even programmatically) so that your index is always fresh. You can also cancel the crawl process at anytime.
Scalable Architecture
Stop stressing over performance. Vmana can display results within 200ms even for the most demanding queries. And, because it's a hosted solution, Vmana never gets bogged down by excess capacity.
Easy Setup and Deployment
Get up and running in less than 5 minutes! We make it easy to access your account and set it up. There are no long manuals to read. Your first index can be ready in as little as 5 minutes.
XML Feed Support
The Vmana XML API allows you to manually feed in content (documents) using a proprietary feed format. You can also tell the crawler to automatically download any XML feeds that you provide.
PDF Document Support
Yes, Vmana has complete support for crawling and indexing PDF documents. The text within the PDF is read and stored as plain text inside the engine.
Faceting / Guided Navigation
Get instant, dynamic facets for your search results. A facet is a filter that you can apply to an existing result set. In Vmana, the facets can be generated on the fly so that only values relevant to your search results are shown.
Range Search
Easily search or filter by a date range or any numeric range. For example, you want shoes that fall in the $99 - $200 price range. No problem. Vmana can do it.
Customizable Document Pipeline
Write C# code to filter out documents from the index or add custom fields to documents as they are fed in, with the help of Vmana's customizable document pipeline.
Tightly Controlled Security
You control which IP addresses you want to allow into your account. You can white-list or black-list IP addresses using regular expressions.
Logging and Analytics
From the management console, you can view all queries for the current month, along with all other activity associated with your account. You get full visibility into all documents crawled, all queries, and any errors generated - if any.