Need recommendation for storage service that has excellent search function

wonblee
I've been relying on Google Docs for storing PDF files, because (1) its search function is stellar, (2) it has good web-based interface, and (3) I can maintain a multi-nested hierarchy of PDF files. Google Docs' search function is really amazing. It even extracts text from scanned PDF files on the fly and searches them as well.

But Google Docs' lack of two-way sync-ability is making my workflow less than optimal. I have to download PDF files to my DropBox first, so I can annotate seamlessly on any device that I'm on (be it my desktop, laptop or iPad). I then move the annotated PDF file to Google Docs' appropriate folder.

So, is there a third-party storage service that has search function comparable to Google Doc's? Neither DropBox nor SugarSync does. (It looks like these services can't even search PDF text, let alone scanned PDF.)

Am I stuck with Google Docs for now if I insist on having a good search function available?
  • adamsmith
    Does this have anything to do with Zotero?
    If not, you're probably better of asking on a more general site - isn't there a whole "alternativeto" webpage, for example?
  • wonblee
    I made my OP sound only tangential to Zotero, but I think it's an issue that a lot of Zotero users have thought about and researched on when they looked for a third-party WebDAV storage service.
  • dstillman
    Zotero stores files compressed on WebDAV, so this is irrelevant to Zotero. You should ask this elsewhere.

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