[BoardTracker]

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

Very nice feature. A few questions before I install:

1. I assume that if I wanted private messaging areas searched that I have to give your spider a username/password to gain entry into the appropriate forums. Does this mean you now have all that private content indexed so that anyone can grab portions of that information if they search for those keywords? In other words, unregistered users can now see my protected even if only in part. (Note: I'm not saying this is a defect but I want to clarify)

In order for the private content to be searchable, you will indeed need to confirm/approve the Koalas access to the private forums. In such a case, indeed the content will be searchable by anyone (on individual posts) but it will not give anyone access to thread or to the private forums themselves but only to partial snippet results. Users following the search result links will not gain access to the forum/thread and of course will not be able to post.

Originally Posted by SemperFideles

2. Is this a free service? Your premium service for your searching service is steeper than I could justify for this feature at this point. Does the installation of the mod on my board have free and premium options too?

Yes, the search mod is free for anyone to use. (The premium service you refer to has nothing to do with the search mod)
Furthermore, our plan is to always offer an option that is totally free for the board owners.
Even if there were to be any changes in the future, we will give an adequate and long prior notice about that.