@PhilipBae heh, I was at Summit, and I had the opposite impression -- I was afraid Search&Promote was on its way out, since I didn't hear it mentioned once! I guess they're emphasizing the "Target" part of the name. So far we're using it to good effect -- I hope it works out for you.

@PhilipBae, I'll second @karthickky2k4's recommendation to look at Adobe Search and Promote (SnP). We're using it on two sites. I'm not sure what you mean by "search has to go through Publisher", but in our case load on the Publish servers is low and controllable, because it's only hit when indexing...

Hi all, I'm Val. I'm a web architect at a real estate company in Southern California. I've been doing web development since the mid-90s, and have extensive experience with content management systems of various sizes. We're new to AEM -- after a year-long project, we're about to launch our first pair...