CONTRACT: Database Developer - Anywhere

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Owl's Eye Productions is a web site development, promotion and hosting firm.

We have a client interested in creating a resource for others in their
industry, which is transportation.  Essentially, they want a searchable
database of web sites related to their industry. We can provide URLs, titles
and descriptions of the sites which should be included. However, the sites will
need to be indexed to allow for keyword searches. They also would like to sell
top position within the search results.

There are a variety of public-domain search facilities available (for a good
list, see http://www.searchtools.com/), and using one is perfectly acceptable,
provided it does the following:

1. Runs on a Unix box (BSDI or Linux).
2. Includes a facility for adding both individual URLs and groups of URLs.
3. Can present data using some form of relevancy ranking.
4. Can present data in groups (top 20 listings, next 20 listings, etc.).

We anticipate that the number of records (sites) will be under 10,000.

Any administration should be via a web browser.

We would be particularly interested in any similar work you have done. Also,
please indicate any additional information you need to bid on this job.

This is a preliminary assignment leading to a long-term relationship with Owl's
Eye. 

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