On Frontpage/NT websites where you have multiple hosted sites on a single machine, there are some issues with mixed site searches if you use the default index server search feature. It requires a little added configuration or you need to switch to WAIS search (old frontpage type search) instead.
Here are the prodecures.
For Index server searches: (taken from Q183731)
For Index Server 2.0
1. Make sure that the Web site has been created in the Internet Information
Server snap-in.
2. In the Index Server snap-in, create a new catalog. After the catalog has been
created, view the properties for it. On the Web tab, select the Web site that
you want to index, and click OK.
3. Go back to the Internet Information Server snap-in, and select Properties on
the Web site you are indexing.
4. On the Home Directory tab, select the Index This Directory check box, and
click OK.
5. Stop the Index server, and then restart it. The new catalog should come
online and begin indexing the new Web site.
For Windows 2000 Indexing Service
1. Make sure that the Web site has been created in the Internet Information
Server snap-in.
2. In the Index Server snap-in, create a new catalog. After the catalog has been
created, view the properties for it. On the Tracking tab, select the Web site
that you want to index from the WWW Server pull-down menu, and then click OK.
3. Go back to the Internet Information Server snap-in, and select Properties on
the Web site you are indexing.
4. On the Home Directory tab, select the Index This Resource check box, and
click OK.
5. Stop the Index Service, and then restart it. The new catalog should come
online and begin indexing the new Web site. In Windows 2000, Indexing Service
does not need to be restarted. Stopping and restarting the catalog is enough.
For WAIS searches: (taken from Q201524)
To globally enable the WAIS Search to all of your virtual servers on your IIS Web
server, do the following at the server:
1. Click Start, point to Run, and type Regedit.
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\All
Ports
3. Right click on All Ports, select New, and then select String Value.
4. For the name of the string, type noindexserver.
5. Double-click the string.
6. For the value of the string, type 1.
7. After you exit the registry, Recalculate Hyperlinks for each virtual server
in order for the text indices to be built. This can be done through the
FrontPage client, under Tools, Recalculate Hyperlinks. It can also be done in
the MMC by right-clicking on the virtual server, selecting Tasks, and then
choosing Recalculate Web.
To enable the WAIS Search for a single virtual server on your IIS Web server, do
the following at the server:
1. Click Start, point to Run, and then type Regedit.
2. Locate the following key in the registry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server
Extensions\Ports\Port /LM/W3SVC/1: (where Port /LM/W3SVC/1: is the first
virtual server, typically default Web site)
3. Right-click on Port /LM/W3SVC/1:, select New, and then choose String Value.
4. For the name of the string, type noindexserver.
5. Double-click the string.
6. For the value of the string, type 1.
7. After you exit the registry, Recalculate Hyperlinks for each virtual server
in order for the text indices to be built. This can be done through the
FrontPage client under Tools, Recalculate Hyperlinks. It can also be done in
the MMC by right-clicking on the virtual server, selecting Tasks, and then
choosing Recalculate Web.