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1. http ANIMO carr AUDIO List of Search ag Multactve Corporate Solutio pai ey multiactive col E GOZO O Reilly Software News software oreilly com de l ntegrated Engines ap den Online Cities Content Directory inecities net cha DESKTOP B l rowser ANE PDA eeLcom DEVELOPER ip List of Search Results Sa TA His by Title and URL AB E For Help press F1 While a search is running the main display window becomes the search status window showing the search engines being accessed and the number ofresults to date When a search is completed the window displays the titles and URLs of all sites which fit your query sorted by title or URL as defined in Options You can control the way the window displays by choosing to divide the Search Engine and Search Result windows vertically or horizontally and to show or hide the Status Bar and Toolbar BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 9 Getting Started a System Requirements In order to run WebSeeker you must have at least the following computer setup 486 or higher class machine Windows 98 Me 2000 or Windows NT 3 5 or higher 8MB RAM 10MB free hard drive space Active Internet connection with open transport using SLIP PPP or direct connectivity Any Web browser Internet Explorer version 3
2. Set Selected Result s To gt changes the status of the selected result s to Monitored Not Monitored to report changes to results on the next search New Old to add or remove the yellow New icon Changed to designate results that have been modified since the last search Rejected to automatically exclude the result from any new searches Browsed Not Browsed to filter out viewed results for later browsing Download Selected Result s downloads a copy of the selected search results to your hard drive for offline viewing FastFind or CleanFind searches will display this icon next to the title indicating the result has not been downloaded to your hard drive This icon 3 will appear next to the title when the result has been downloaded to your hard drive The FilterFind search method downloads all results to your hard drive Email Results e mails the search results to the e mail address or e mail addresses listed in the Options dialog on the Writing tab Launch Result launches your Web browser with the selected result s home page Browse All launches your Web browser to the HTML page of results created by WebSeeker Statistics displays information about the current search including total number of records and number of records by status Tools Menu The Tools menu gives you access to special tools that make WebSeeker more efficient and suited to your individual preferences BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWAR
3. Setting Options The WebSeeker Options dialogs allow you to customize search network and display options 1 Access the Options dialog box from the main WebSeeker window e If you are in the Start New Search dialog click the Cancel button or enter keywords and click Find Later to open the main WebSeeker window e Or if you have launched WebSeeker by double clicking an existing WSK file from Windows Explorer WebSeeker opens to the main WebSeeker window 2 From the Tools menu select Options Tools Customize Options Instants d Compact Database 3 Select the tab for the Option you want to change e Internet identify the Web browser and proxy server information WebSeeker uses to search e Searching decide the type of log s kept on a search special effects for sounds played for search events and which search method wizard or advanced you want to use as your default e Saving set the default directory where you want to save WSK files e Scheduling determine the time and frequency of Scheduled searches e Dial Up define the Windows Dialup that is used to connect to the Internet e Search Limits set maximum values and timeout settings for network connections See Scheduling Options e Search Engines define categories for new and existing search engines and add new search engines and search engine categories e View determine what and how items are displayed on the WebSeeker screen e W
4. WebSeeker will automatically go online and check the Blue Squirrel Web site for new updates and download them to your hard drive Tools Customize Options Update NO Undo Last Update Compact Database Settings Update Settings Program WebSeeker to check for and download updates that suit your personal preference 1 Open WebSeeker and go to Tools InstantX Settings 2 Use the InstantX InstantUpdate dialog to define how you want WebSeeker to check for updated program files Purchase VIP Key InstantlIpdate Instants Settings Update Options Manual Update Only Update without Asking v Only check for upgrades every 1 day s BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 14 Getting Started oe Manual Update Only Updates only when you manually elect to check for them To manually check for updates go to Tools InstantX UpdateNow Always Ask Before Updating If you want WebSeeker to check for updates but ask you before downloading any files select this radio button This is the default setting for WebSeeker Update Without Asking If you want WebSeeker to take care of the updating without any intervention on your part choose this radio button Remove Updated Files If you downloaded an updated file and would like to reverse the process and delete the updated file open WebSeeker and go
5. WebSeeker User s Guide For Windows 9x Me NT 2000 Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Blue Squirrel Software The software described herein including all associated documentation and data is the exclusive property of Blue Squirrel Software or its suppliers and is furnished only under a license agreement defining the terms and conditions governing its use by licensee It is against the law to copy the software except as specifically allowed in the license agreement No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means including without limitation graphic electronic photocopy facsimile taping or mechanical reproduction of any kind without the prior written approval of Blue Squirrel Software Copyright 1995 2001 Blue Squirrel Software all rights reserved Printed in the United States of America The Blue Squirrel stylized logo and WebSeeker stylized logo are trademarks of Blue Squirrel Software Use of this product is subject to the terms of the accompanying License Agreement as stated at the end of this manual U S Government Restricted Rights Legend The Software and documentation are provided with RESTRICTED RIGHTS Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 52 277 7013
6. sl gl eau Rate ee ee etos ET ae PTD 73 61 SA bau eam ee en Rn ee ee 74 View WIC WU EEE 75 ardagai Ku Co Ds ene t a ott te 75 Resu MECN E 76 Tools Men iet eta etie eet A TI Help MU iiie re toledo E 79 WebSeeker Toolbar eee 80 GlOsSary Of gi Ma EEA 81 User License Agreement cne 86 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 69 Reference This section contains illustrations and explanations for the WebSeeker windows dialog boxes and menus This chapter also contains a glossary of commonly used Internet terms and special WebSeeker terminology Use this section to answer questions you might have about the graphics and terms you find on your computer screen Main Window From WebSeeker s main window you can access all of the toolbar and menu bar functions You can create a new search stop a search and determine the way information is displayed For more information about specific functions see WebSeeker Toolbar File Menu and the subsequent menu sections a Palm Software WSK WebSeeker eliz Keyword Palm Software Help File Edt View Search Results Tools E GOGOE Search Engines Ld AltaVista Palm Sof CA WebCrawlerPalm CA ahoetako Softw A Morthem Light Pah A Google Falm Softy ZANEN Pako Softwa A Lycos Palm Softw Meo Star gi GEEAE LAT VIPPE Shareware f ap aS B55 Audio U
7. the New L amp button on the Toolbar To receive better results select a category that corresponds with your keywords For example if you re looking for a song you ll receive better results if you choose the Music MP3 category instead of the Web Category BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 20 Using WebSeeker Search Category step 1 of 4 Select a category that best fits the type of information you are seeking and click nest to continue Search Category Newsgroups E Business Finance Computers Education Geneology Health Kids Legal Music MP3 E Set as Default Back Cancel Help 4 On step 2 of the Wizard type in your keywords and select what operator All of the Words Any of the Words The Exact Phrase you would like to use Keywords are words or phrases that associate with specific information Entering a keyword for a search tells the search engines to look for all occurrences of that word or phrase Search For refers to the operators Boolean Logic that search engines use to determine what type of operator is necessary to perform a search And Or Phrase All search engines use one two or all types of operators to describe the relationship between the various terms in a search All of the Words is an AND search Choosing this option narrows your search finding only those sites that contain all o
8. FOLLOWED BY specifies that the adjacent terms must be found in every search result document immediately after the keywords in the text box immediately above e NEAR specifies that the terms in the adjacent text box must be found in every search result document within 20 words of one another You can override the 20 word default see Proximity Searches for details 4 Edit any of the current keywords and or their logical operators 5 Enter any additional keywords together with their appropriate logical operators 6 When you have finished making changes in the Refine dialog you can e Click OK to close the Refine dialog box and apply the current configuration to your search results e Orclick Apply to apply the current configuration to your search results while keeping the Refine dialog open for further editing BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 41 Managing Search Results a 7 WebSeeker runs through your search results to determine which conform to your new search query and displays the reduced set of results in the main WebSeeker window Use the Refine button T on the Toolbar to toggle your display between the complete search results and the refined search results Refine Using the Advanced Mode Power users familiar with the syntax of Boolean logic can use the Refine command s Advanced mode to enter their filtering queries directly The text box of t
9. In the keywords text box type the search terms you wish to use a DO not enter punctuation in the text box unless you are searching for words punctuated in a specific way b Do not enter search operators such as AND OR etc in the text box use the buttons 4 Use the search operator buttons above the Keywords text box to choose the AND OR or SUBSTRING Search Operators or PHRASE to search multiple keywords a Drag the arrow up or down in the box labeled Type of Search to select what type of search you would like to perform 5 When you have finished entering your keyword information you can select the Search Engines tab to choose specific categories and search engines BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 24 Using WebSeek xj Keywords Search Engines Find Mow Find Later Cancel Help Category drop down menu UET PIN List of Search Engines Northem Light W ebLrawler y babea l Filter v Limit number of results to D EO search engine WwebSeeker 6 If you want to use all or most available search engines click Select All and then add or subtract individual engines as desired If you want to use only a few search engines click Clear All before adding or subtracting individual engines as desired To add or subtract individual search engines click on each desired engine
10. you ll choose the Search Type and click Next e InstantFind is the fastest type of search It removes any duplicate URLs or Titles according to how you set your View Options from the search results e CleanFind is the next fastest type of search It removes duplicates and any unavailable URLs according to how you set your View Options from the search results e FilterFind is the most robust search but it is not quite as fast as InstantFind or CleanFind It removes duplicates and unavailable sites according to how you set your View Options indexes the titles and text of the results and downloads the results to your hard drive for further manipulation with WebSeeker s Refine command Search Type step 3 of 4 BN Select the type of search to perform InstantFind eliminates duplicate results CleanFind eliminates duplicate results and removes sites that no longer exist FilterFind iz the most robust search FilterFind is nat quite as fast as InstantFind ar CleanFind IE removes duplicates unavailable sites and downloads and indexes search results to your hard drive for Refining Search Type C nstantFind links only FilterFind downloads and indexs results ta your hard drive d Back Cancel Help BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 22 Using WebSeeker 6 In the last Step of the wizard you elect how many results
11. 0 or higher for the Integrated browser in WebSeeker Internet Exp lorer version 4 0 or higher for one click searching I nstalling WebSeeker WebSeeker s installation program makes the process quick and easy To be certain that everything works optimally make sure that your system meets the system requirements as listed above and that Windows 98 Me NT 2000 is up and running The installation setup program is called WebSeeker5 exe You must run the setup program to install WebSeeker to your hard disk l Shut Down other Programs It is always best to install a program with no other programs running in the background Press Alt Tab to switch to each running program in turn and then exit that program 2 If you are installing WebSeeker from a CD insert the CD in the appropriate drive and go to step 2 OR If your copy of WebSeeker is zipped ZIP then double click or use a zip manager to expand the file If your copy of WebSeeker is a self extracting executable exe file copy the EXE file into an empty folder or directory and double click the EXE file to start the Installation process You can obtain a copy of the self extracting executable from our Web site http www bluesquirrel com OR If you have the WebSeeker program in another format click the Windows Start button choose Settings and Control Panel Double click Add Remove programs On the Install Uninstall page choose install and then Next Use the Browse
12. C r C And C Phrase C Substring ON ate IF you select Not Sure this search engine willbe available when GO doing Or nd and Phrase searches but may nat return the desired results Back Hest gt Cancel Help i The final dialog prompts you to enter a name and a category for the new search engine Enter the information and click Finish 4 When you have finished configuring your Search Engines Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options Setting View Options From the View tab you can choose which results you want included in or excluded from the display window You can also change the orientation of the screen layout By default WebSeeker does not download images when you perform a FilterFind Using the View tab you can decipher if you want WebSeeker to download images for FilterFind searches 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears click on the View tab to switch to the View Options page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 62 setting Options Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email xi IY Old W Changed Rejected Exclude Iv Duplicate URLs Monitored Browsed Duplicate Titles Not Mo
13. D C Lucos Palm Soft OPERATING SYSTEM BUSINESS DESKTOP DEVELOPER ny ere setts ae eS eee PPE BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 71 Reference E Title lists the title of this result s Web page if the site s creator gave it a title otherwise lists the path of the page One or two icons may appear to the left of the title e New Rejected Changed or Monitored The icon to the far left represents the result type Rejected results appear only 1f you have set your View Options to include them If the result is Old no icon appears in this position Local or Remote The icon to the immediate left of the result title represents the result s location Globe icons signal locations on the World Wide Web Page icons containing a small globe represent files on your hard drive URL Lists the Uniform Resource Locator URL or address of the result Search Engines you can add another pane showing the search engines and keywords used by going to the View menu and selecting Search Engines Integrated Browser you can view the browser pane by dragging the right side of the window further to the right NOTE You must have Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher for the integrated browser feature to work Start New Search Wizard The Start New Search Wizard walks you through the steps to set up the main elements of your
14. Expand opens the Search Wizard or the Start New Search dialog box so you can expand the current search a Start Renew launches the current search or renewal m Stop terminates a search in progress t E Browsed sets the selected result s to browsed e b Reject sets the selected result s to rejected EK Monitor sets the selected result s to monitored ee Refine On Off toggles the Refine settings on or off FilterFind searches only W Refine opens the Refine dialog box to filter results FilterFind searches only 9 Launch opens your Web browser with the selected result s Web page loaded Grab allows you to add a URL to a results list C l Email sends an e mail list of the results to recipients listed in the Options dialog on the Writing tab Booklet prints selected results into Blue Squirrel s program ClickBook which allows you to print your research results into handy convenient booklets for easy carrying and reading E B Quick Search allows you to easily type in keywords or select previous looked up words to start searching BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 80 Reference Glossary of Terms address Either an IP Address the 32 bit address assigned to TCP IP host computers or an e mail address the name and location address to which all of your electronic mail is sent Boolean logic Named for 19
15. If you want WebSeeker to maintain a detailed listing of all transactions select Keep Detailed Transaction Log The default setting is to keep this log 4 By default WebSeeker plays sound effects for search events If you want to turn the sounds off de select the option Play sounds for search events configured in Control Panel Sounds in the Special Effects section 5 By default WebSeeker presents you with the Search Wizard when you press the New button on the toolbar or select File on the Menu bar and select New If you would rather have the Advanced Search dialog box open up check Use advanced search dialog for starting new searches instead of wizard in the Miscellaneous section 6 When you have finished configuring your Searching Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options Setting Saving Options Use the Saving tab on the Options dialog box to define the directory where WebSeeker searches wsk files are saved 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Saving tab to switch to the Saving Options Page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 54 setting Options Search Engines MISA Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Search Directories Def
16. Result to Changed 38 Setting a Result to Rejected 38 Include Rejected Results 38 Setting a Result to Browsed or Not Browsed 39 Refining Search Results 39 Refine using the Standard Mode 40 Refine using the Advanced Mode 42 Constructing Search Expressions for Refining BEE 43 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 34 Managing Search Results Once you have created and launched a search you can use WebSeeker s key features to further manage search results This chapter will teach you how to track results you find interesting or reject results you don t want You ll also learn how to monitor results and have WebSeeker automatically tell you know if a result has appeared in a search before or if it is a new result Furthermore you ll get step by step instructions to mark a result as browsed or not browsed create filters that reject a result and refine results to narrow searches Manually Adding Results If you discover an interesting URL on your own you can add it to a search results list Then you can store it with related results for browsing monitoring etc You cannot add results manually to a FilterFind search 1 If you are viewing the site in your Web browser use the mouse to select its URL and
17. bit address assigned to Internet hosts using TCP IP ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network Access provided by telephone carriers which combines voice and digital computer services on a single medium ISDN connections provide faster access than is available through basic modem connections mirror site Many Web and FIP sites have become so popular that they have acquired mirror sites to alleviate congestion Mirror sites are areas on another computer that mirror or contain an exact replica of the directory structure of the files on the overly popular site s computer If you have trouble getting connected to an FTP site for example because of the high amount of traffic you can usually connect to a mirror site that contains the same information on a different computer Mirror sites are usually updated once a day NNTP Network News Transport Protocol Industry standard protocol for the distribution inquiry retrieval and posting of news articles BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 83 Reference a passthru Function used by WebWhacker to allow your browser to acquire pages from the Web that are not included in its database If you want to surf the Web off line using only the pages you have whacked deselect the passthru option Then whenever you select a URL or link that is not in the WebWhacker database it gives you a message indicatin
18. close the file A dialog box informs you that the installation is complete Click OK to close the dialog box WebSeeker displays the Blue Squirrel WebSeeker programs and associated files in an open window This last step only applies if you re behind a firewall or using a proxy server If you are then you ll need to open WebSeeker and go to Tools Options and click on the Internet tab to configure the proxy settings Your system s administrator will be able to assist you with filling out the information needed Congratulations You have installed WebSeeker BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 12 Getting Started IX Registration The first time you start WebSeeker the Registration dialog box will appear To Start WebSeeker From the Start Menu go to Programs Blue Squirrel WebSeeker WebSeeker OR e Click the Windows Start button and select Find or Search then WebSeek the Internet The WebSeeker Search Wizard appears Registering Electronically Make sure you have an active connection to the Internet so you can submit your registration online 1 The first time you run WebSeeker the InstantX Registration dialog box appears If the InstantX Registration dialog box does not appear you can access it by selecting Tools InstantX and Settings from the WebSeeker Menu Bar 2 Enter in your customer information and VIP key Then press the
19. com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 29 Using WebSeeker oe If you want to renew several search engines hold down the Ctrl key and click to select the desired engines then right click and choose Renew Selected Engines from the shortcut menu 8 WebSeeker starts or renews the search You can monitor its progress in the Search Results window Manually Adding Search Engines If you find a search engine that is not included in WebSeeker s list you can manually add your own by following these instructions 1 Open your Web browser and go the search engine page 2 Open WebSeeker and go to Search on the Menu bar and select Add Custom Search Engine 3 The Url should appear in the text box of the Custom Search Engine Wizard If it does not appear choose the Grab URL from Browser button or type in the URL and press Next Custom Search Engine Wizard This Custom Search Engine Wizard will guide you through the sheps Involved in configuring your own custom search engine Enter the address af the desired search engine web page below Search Engine Web Page Address for example AIA searchengine com http Fima gobo com Grab UAL from Browser Back Next gt Cancel Help 4 Press Next and your browser will launch with the Search Engine s page open Copy the text KEYWORDS in the search text box and elect to start the search on the Search Engine s page WebSee
20. in Switzerland Web documents are written or coded in HTML To access these documents you must use a Web browser such as Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator When these browsers access or hit a page the server uses the HyperText Transfer Protocol HTTP to send the document to your computer BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 85 Reference BLUE SQUIRREL END USER LI CENSE AGREEMENT REDISTRIBUTION NOT PERMITTED BY INSTALLING THE BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE YOU ARE CONSENTING TO BE BOUND BY THIS AGREEMENT IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO ALL OF THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT DO NOT INSTALL THE BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE OR IF YOU HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED IT UNINSTALL IT IMMEDIATELY GRANT Subject to payment of applicable license fees Blue Squirrel grants you a non exclusive license to use the Software and accompanying documentation Documentation in the manner described below under Scope of Grant SCOPE OF GRANT You may use the Software on any single computer use the Software on a network provided that each person accessing the Software through the network must have a copy licensed to that person use the Software on a second computer so long as only one copy is used at a time copy the Software for archival purposes provided any copy must contain all of the original Software s proprietary notices or if you have purchased licenses for a 10 pack or a 50
21. in WebSeeker s browser pane when viewing FilterFind search results 4 When you have finished configuring your Writing Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 65 setting Options a Setting Highlighting Options The Highlighting Options lets you decide if you want to highlight the keywords on each results page You can also choose a color preference for the text and the highlighting NOTE Highlighting only works when search results are written to HTML 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears click the Highlighting tab to switch to the Highlighting Options page Options eee Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Keyword Highlighting v Enable Keyword Highlighting Text Ei E Use Defaults Background Note You must be using Web Browsing in the Abstract View for this feature to work 2 Mark the check box to Enable Keyword Highlighting 3 Click on the color boxes to change the colors for text and background 4 When you have finished configuring your Highlighting Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Opti
22. results 2 Click the Filters button L on the Toolbar or go to the Results menu and select Refine WebSeeker opens the Refine dialog box which displays your current query ready for editing The first time you use Refine your query is displayed in the Standard graphical mode ready for editing BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 40 Managing Search Results You searched Far michaelangelo pieta Find michaelangelo AND z pieta Advanced Cancel Apply Help 3 Review your current query Each line of the dialog box includes a drop down box containing the available logical operators and a text box for your search term s The logical operator you choose in each line applies only to the term s in the adjacent text box e AND adds the adjacent terms to the list of terms which must be found in every search result document A document must include all of the query s AND terms to be included in the search results e OR adds the adjacent terms to the list of terms which may be found in any of the search result documents A document need include only one of the query s OR terms to be included in the search results e BUT NOT adds the adjacent terms to the list of terms which must not be found in any of the search result document A document must not include any of the query s BUT NOT terms if it 1s to be included in the search results
23. return to the Writing Options page e Choose Write out lt date gt HTM file if you want WebSeeker to write its search results to an HTML file named today s date HTM You will then be able to browse your search results through your Web browser If you want to adjust the format of the HTML file click HTML Format Choose which results you want to include or exclude and whether you want results sorted by Title URL or Type Click OK to save your file choice and return to the Writing Options page f Select the radio button for EMail to if you would like WebSeeker to send an email message with the results to the recipients of your choice In the Email to text box enter the e mail address or e mail addresses where you would like the search results sent g Select Include search engine advertisements if you would like WebSeeker to include banner ads found while gathering search results h If you want WebSeeker to automatically run a program when the search is complete select Run Program Type the full name and path for the file 1n the text box If you do not know the full path click Browse 3 navigate to the desired file and click Open to save your choice and return to the Writing Options page 3 In the HTML Additions section define the following a Select Highlight Keywords if you want WebSeeker to highlight the word or phrase found on each result page b Display Abstracts allows you to choose between displaying abstracts or HTML
24. search results for later viewing refining or to monitor To save a search go to the File menu and select Save As Stopping a Search Sometimes you may want to stop a search because you realize that you input the wrong search parameters or simply because the search parameters were so wide that the search will take a very long time 1 To stop a new search before it is launched Click the Cancel button in the Start New Search dialog box 2 To stop a search in progress Press the Stop button por on the Toolbar OR Go to the Search menu and select Stop Be aware that it may take a few moments to stop an in progress search Opening an Existing Search Once you have configured launched and saved a search you can return to it at any time Existing searches can be expanded to use more search terms more or fewer search engines or if they were FilterFind searches you can refine them Click the Openbutton on the WebSeeker Toolbar Go to the File menu and select Open A standard Windows Open file dialog box appears Navigate to the file name of the existing search you want Click Open Browsing All Search Results Once a search is complete you can browse the results in one of three ways from your Web browser with an HTML page that WebSeeker stores on your hard drive 1 Browse results as an HTML page Go to the Results menu and select Browse All WebSeeker opens your Web browser and loads an HTML page with an alphabetize
25. to Tools InstantX Undo Last Update Tools Customize Options DEE Leiz Unda Last Update Compact Database Settings WebSeeker will delete update files and revert back to the previous version BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 15 Getting Started Customer Support Technical Support Your first line of support should be this manual and the on line help file To access the help file Open WebSeeker select Help and Help Topics You can choose from a variety of step by step tutorials or search for items you want to learn more about Read the accompanying ReadMe rtf file for any late breaking information about WebSeeker You can access the ReadMe file by going to your Windows Start Menu Then Select Programs Blue Squirrel WebSeeker and WebSeeker Readme NOTE this is the default location your Readme file may be stored elsewhere Visit Our Web Site If you cannot find the information you need in any of the preceding sources contact us at our Web site Please refer to WebSeeker s support and FAQs for answers to frequently asked questions http www bluesquirrel com support Customer Service You re more than welcome to contact us via telephone If you would like to speak with a Blue Squirrel representative about nontechnical questions please call Customer Service at Toll Free 800 403 0925 Telephone 801 352 1
26. 0 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 8 Getting Started The WebSeeker Window From the WebSeeker window you can display the available search engines sort the list of search results by URL or Title and browse individual links with a simple double click The Menu bar allows access to all WebSeeker commands while the Toolbar provides quick access to the most common commands such as New Search Start Stop Search and Refine Search a Palm Software WSK WebSeeker Keyword Palm Software 1 l E lolx File Edt View Search Resulte Tools Help L AltaVista Pal http Jai star nem co l CA WebCravler Palm Em ERAT YIPPEE 5 5 hareware Freew EADS yippee hyper net nz CA vahoo Palm Softw eda GARDENER x By Dae http ag arizona edu hypi CA Northern Light P ali HEG Augusta Georgia Obituaries For http augustachronicle cc A Google Palm Softy HEH dem B55 Audio User Group http wy bas co uk ww A MSN Falm Softwa Ee Birth rite http Ww gensoftsb cor A Lucas Palm Softy at dm CalendarPlus Support Site http aa calendarplus c AEH dm FlashCoammerce News http Hasheammerce com ap dem HITA Hat Hews http hahtsauce haht con UERITAS ESTE Ee How to Buy http Jawan symbol com h EEE po api dm Linus User Group of Sacramenta http w gaclug org ati den MP3 Newsroom http www zdnet co uk wr ead S ap dem Macworld Macworld e newsle
27. 070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 56 setting Options E Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits v Enable Dial up Networking Connection User Name Password Domain Cancel Help 2 If you use a modem to connect to the Internet select the Enable Dial up Networking check box 3 A list of all the diakup connections you have configured under Windows Dial Up Networking is displayed in the Connections drop down menu Select the appropriate connection for your Internet provider 4 If you use a user name and password to log onto Windows and that name and password are the same as those you use to log onto the Internet select Authenticate using Dial up Networking Connection WebSeeker automatically authenticates the user name and password 5 If you use a different name and password to log onto the Internet than you use to log onto your local Windows machine or if you don t use a name and password to log onto Windows do not select Authenticate using Diatup Networking Connection In the applicable text boxes enter the User Name Password and Domain that you use to make your Internet connection 6 When you have finished configuring your Dial Up Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bl
28. 551 Fax 801 912 6032 E mail sales Q bluesquirrel com Note Hours are 8 00 a m to 5 00 p m Mountain Standard Time Mailing address Blue Squirrel 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 16 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 17 Chapter 2 ue 2 Using WebSeeker EEEa kaiara 19 Understanding Search Operators 19 Search without Program Intervention 20 Search using the Search Wizard 20 Advanced Search Method 24 KAN Aa e aS EEE 26 StODpIDE Seat CTIs E 26 Opening an Existing Search 26 Browsing All Search Results 26 Browsing a Specific Search Result 27 Expanding a Search Before Launching 27 Expanding a Completed Search 28 Customizing Search Engines 29 Manually Adding Search Engines 30 Editing Search Engines 3 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 18 Using WebSeeker ee The Basics In this chapter you will learn the basics of using WebSeeker You will discover e How to search wit
29. E www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 77 Reference File Edt View Search Results Tools Help Customize Options Instant A Update Howl Undo Last Update Compact Database ms s Eze Settings Customize allows you to set up the toolbars and icons to your desired personal preference Options brings up the Options dialog box that lets you define your Internet Searching Saving Scheduling DialUp Search Limits Search Engines View Writing Highlighting and Email preferences on eleven tabbed pages For more information see Setting Options InstantX allows you to purchase register upgrade find out about new features and input proxy server settings Update Now allows you to obtain upgrades WebSeeker will automatically download the newest version to your hard drive when you select this option Undo Last Update reverses the process and removes the last update file you downloaded Settings is where you can purchase or register your copy of WebSeeker You can also configure WebSeeker s InstantUpdate settings and have it automatically or manually check for newer versions Compact Database only applies to FilterFind searches This option compacts and re indexes the database storing the active search WSK file Compacting a database will speed up loading and refining for particular searches you reference frequently BLUE SQUIRR
30. EL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 78 Reference Be Help Menu The Help menu should be your first line of support From this menu you can access the following options File Edit View Search Results Tools Help Help Topics F1 Tip of the Day Blue Squirrel Home License Agreement Register About WebSeeker Help Topics brings up the WebSeeker online Help file Tip of the Day brings up the Tip of the Day dialog box and offers you some useful tips on using WebSeeker You can click the next button to see more tips or click Close to exit the dialog Blue Squirrel Home launches your Web browser and loads the Blue Squirrel home page License Agreement outlines the contract that you agreed to follow while using the WebSeeker software Register allows you to enter your VIP key and user information to fully enable your copy of WebSeeker About WebSeeker displays version and licensing information about WebSeeker BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 79 Reference Ge BTT WebSeeker Toolbar The WebSeeker toolbar offers easy access to many of the programs functions JAJAA FAD New opens the Search Wizard or the Start New Search dialog box to begin searching aT Open lets you open an existing WSK file through the Open file dialog box q
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32. IRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 3 Index 5 Setting Options SECU D ODIOS i tet omoes e Rave aeuum eee 51 Setting Internet Sl aue 52 Setting Searching Options esses 53 Seit Saving A daua 54 Setting Scheduling Options esses 55 Setting Dial Up Options eese 56 Setting Search Limit Options esses 58 Setting Search Engines Options o 50 Setting View ODLDUOS baria etara 62 Setting Writing Opuons oce eian 64 Setting Highlighting Options suse 66 Sette Email Al aala 66 6 Reference MORO OA iee 70 Status WIDIGONE aa a aea 70 Results Window assa 71 Start New Search Wizard 72 Options Dialog BOX jcc tort oro P totes 73 Pe WCU eaz 73 Git ICTs beo dette Rt bates Vero Ee bens en debit 74 VOW VIC oa eee aire ES 75 Sea EM eM sc 53562 edske seo tine be edie ecd ope d opio 75 Results Melt oec coded Cu tec ds 76 TOOLS MU enu ice iesu en ate S ied TI HED M SIUE Eo T 79 WebSeeker Toolbar eene 80 Glossary OL Perms acc ode tp PE NES 81 User License Agreement ucc tete 86 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 4 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide P
33. Inthe Title column of the display window click to select the results you want to monitor If you want to change the setting on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 To set the selected result to Monitored e Press the Monitor button on the Toolbar e Or from the Results menu and select Set Selected Result s to Monitored e Or right click the selected result s and select Set Selected Result s to Monitored from the drop down menu 4 WebSeeker sets the result s to Monitored 5 If you later decide that you no longer want a result to be Monitored repeat steps 1 3 but choose Not Monitored instead of Monitored 6 To view monitored results use one of these methods e Renew Search Open the search you want to view the monitored results for and click the search button a on the Toolbar WebSeeker will renew the search and updated sites will have the New icon displayed next to the title e Schedule You can schedule WebSeeker to check monitored results Open the search you want to view the monitored results for and go to Tools on the Menu bar select Options and click on the Scheduling Tab Check to Enable Scheduled Search fill out the criteria required and press OK WebSeeker will automatically perform the search according the criteria input and updated sites will have the New icon amp displayed next to the title Setting a Result to New or Old You may decide to change a
34. OK button to submit your information over the Internet Note You must insert your VIP key in the appropriate field of the Registration information screen to fully enable WebSeeker If you do not enter your VIP key your program will run as an evaluation copy that continually requests the VIP key and eventually expires Users for whom the electronic registration does not work please register manually Registering Manually If you are unable to register electronically please follow these steps to Register Manually 1 Access the InstantX Registration Screen by selecting Tools InstantX and Settings from the WebSeeker Menu Bar Enter in your customer information and your VIP key and then press Print 2 Either fax the printout to us at 801 912 6032 or send it via post mail to Blue Squirrel Attn Customer Service 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 13 Getting Started Receiving New Updates To obtain updates to WebSeeker you can set the InstantX options to automatically manually or by scheduled criteria to download any new WebSeeker updates directly to your hard drive from the Blue Squirrel Web site Update Now If you want to check for and download a new updated version of WebSeeker ensure that you have a live Internet connection and then open WebSeeker and go to the Tools menu select InstantX and Update Now
35. WebSeeker search Search Category step 1 of 4 E x Select a category that best fits the type of information you are seeking and click nest to continue Search Category Newsgroups E Business Finance Computers Education Geneology Health Kids Legal Music MP3 ER Set as Default lt Back Cancel Help Step 1 Choose the Category that corresponds with your Keywords Step 2 Type the Keywords or Phrase and select the Search Operator All of the words Any of the words or The exact phrase Step 3 Select the type of search InstantFind CleanFind or FilterFind Step 4 Choose how many results you want to except per search engine and click Finish to launch the search immediately BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 72 Reference Options Dialog Box For many users WebSeeker works just fine right out of the box Others have special needs with regard to their hardware setup and their usage preferences The Options dialog box lets you define your Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Search Engines View Writing Highlighting and Email preferences on eleven tabbed pages For more information see Setting Options Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Web Browser Brows
36. When the Enter Directory dialog box appears you have the option of choosing the drive and directory where you would like to install WebSeeker By default WebSeeker installs on your hard drive in CAPROGRAM FILES BLUE SQUIRREL WEBSEEKER WEBSEEKER where C3 is the name of your hard drive If you want to install the program elsewhere type the full path in the text box and click OK or press Enter If you want to use the default directory do not enter a new path just click OK or press Enter to accept the default setting BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 11 Getting Started 10 Choose Destination Location Setup will install WebSeeker in the following directory To install to this directory click Next To install to a different directory click Browse and select another directory ou can choose nat to install WwebSeeker by clicking Exit to exit Setup Destination Directory C Program FilessFareFrontWebS eeke Browse Exil A progress indicator lets you watch the process as WebSeeker unpacks and installs its files creates program items and sets up registration keys If you do not wish to monitor the process press the Min button to minimize the installation window At the end of the installation process WebSeeker opens the program s README TXT file so that you can check out the latest release notes Read the information and then
37. a e If you run the same search again WebSeeker automatically excludes any previously rejected results by default If you want a previously rejected result listed in a new search go to the Tools menu choose Options and click on the View tab In the Include section click to select the Rejected check box Setting a Result to Browsed or Not Browsed Set results to Browsed when you have already seen them but you don t want to reject or monitor them This feature allows you to filter out viewed results when browsing search results The Browse feature also comes in handy when you have more results than you have time to survey at once Set surveyed results to Browsed When you come back to the search select to display only Non Browsed results This way you can go back and finish looking at the rest of the results 1 Make the search you want to work with the current search 2 Inthe Title column of the display window click to select the results you want to set as browsed If you want to change the setting on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 Choose from any of these methods to set results to browsed e Press the Browsed button on the Toolbar e Or from the Results menu and select Set Selected Result s to Browsed e Or right click the selected result s and select Set Selected Result s to Browsed from the drop down menu 4 WebSeeker sets the result to Browsed If you later decide
38. abled only in the Refine dialog box BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 74 Reference Ge Clear deletes selected item s from WebSeeker without placing a copy on the Windows clipboard A Select All selects all items in the current list Properties displays information about the selected item For search results this generally includes the name of the search engine and keyword the page title the complete URL the status and dates For search engines this includes the unique options for that engine as set in the current search View Menu The View menu allows you to adjust your WebSeeker window choosing the elements to display and how to arrange them Ele Edit View Search Results Tools Help w Toolbar w Test Labels w Status Bar w Search Engines Abstract Vertical Layout Sort By b Title I a Type Toolbar toggles display of the toolbar on and off Text Labels toggles the display between large and small icons on the Menu bar Status Bar toggles display of the status bar on and off Search Engines toggles the division of the main window into two panes with one displaying the Search Engines that were used on the active search Abstract displays the results in Abstract format This option does not take effect until the next WebSeeker session Vertical Layout displays the results in a vertical format This option does not t
39. ad more search categories amp more search engines For example if you download the Scrapbooking Extension you ll be able to tap into key resources to find the best deals on paper binders stickers scissors die cuts etc Import adds the URLs from a Bookmark or other HTM HTML file into the current search results Write Web Pages writes Selected Results or All Results to a Web page Delete deletes the active WSK file and all its search results Recent files area lists last four files for quick access Exit closes WebSeeker Edit Menu From the Edit menu you can access the standard Windows actions for manipulating individual items In the context of WebSeeker items generally refer to individual search results or search engines Most of these commands are grayed out and unavailable unless you have selected one or more specific items Conversely Paste is available only when you have recently cut or copied an item Edit View Search Results Tools Help File Cut LHi Copy Ctrl C Paste LPN Clear Del SelectAll Les Properties Cut removes the selected item s from WebSeeker and puts them on the Windows clipboard Enabled only in the Refine dialog box Copy puts a copy of the selected item s on the Windows clipboard without removing them from WebSeeker Enabled only in the Refine dialog box Paste places a copy of the previously cut or copied item s into WebSeeker En
40. age 5 Chapter 1 a SS 1 Getting Started OV EIVICW cote uieses aietara 7 elegia 7 What s New in WebSeeker 5 0 8 The WebSeeker Window esses 9 System Requirements eo eene mea ois tones 10 Installing WebSeeker ssssse 10 Res DIAGO EAE 13 Receiving New Updates 14 Customer SUPDOM soe veces verdicts vecdetcceen 16 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 6 Getting Started a Overview WebSeeker 5 0 is a meta search application that combines the power of several different search engines systems for the most comprehensive searches on the Internet WebSeeker resides above other search engines such as AltaVista Lycos WebCrawler and Yahoo harnessing their individual strengths and features into a single easy to use package WebSeeker 5 0 maximizes Search Results Each search engine on the Internet implements searches differently and many allow different searching options For example some engines allow you to limit your search to Web pages or expand it to include Usenet groups Other engines can input your keywords as specific terms to be found on a site or expand them to include related descriptive concepts One of the strengths of WebSeeker is its ability to use these unique capabilities to conduct the most comprehensive search possible How It Wo
41. ake effect until the next WebSeeker session If the vertical layout option is deselected results will display horizontally by default Sort By arranges your search results in order by Title of the search result s Web page URL of the search result s Web page Type of status associated with the search result old new rejected etc Search Menu The Search menu lets you adjust your current search and access various search engines to renew the search or to get information about that search engine BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 75 Reference File Edit View BREE Aesults Tools Help Expand Search Chrl E Stop Start Hienew Ltrl 5 Renew Monitored Renew Selected Engines Browse Engine Page Schedule Add Custom Search Engine Expand Search brings up the Search Wizard or the Advanced Search dialog depending on your settings in the Options Settings Miscellaneous section By default WebSeeker starts the Search Wizard You can then adjust your keywords or search engines for the current search When you renew the Search WebSeeker searches the new keywords and engines in addition to the original keywords and engines Stop terminates a search in progress Start Renew launches the current search if it is a new search or renews it if it is an existing search Renew Monitored launches a search of the current keywords
42. and engines only on those results set to Monitored Renew Selected Engine s launches a search of the current keywords on only the selected search engines Browse Engine Page launches your Web browser and loads the home page of the selected search engine Schedule brings up the Preferences dialog box with the Schedule tab displayed Add Custom Search Engine brings up the Custom Search Wizard to manually add search engines Results Menu The Results menu allows you to adjust your list of search results overall or to change the status of individual results BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 76 Reference oe Kr e Ele Edit View Search Results Tools Help Add Result Grab Result w Tum Refine On Off Refine Set Selected Result s To Monitored LIAK dd Mew Ctrl Changed Lila Download Selected Results Email Results Rejected Ctrl F Launch Result Broweed Ctrl B Browse All Statistics Add Result manually add a result URL to your search results list Grab Result brings up the Add Edit Url dialog Turn Refine On Off available only for FilterFind searches toggles the display to include only those results chosen in the Refine dialog box or to include all results of the current search Refine available only for FilterFind searches brings up the Refine dialog box to filter downloaded search results
43. arch engine web page was retrieved and will be displayed in your Web browser as soon as you select Next When your browser displays the page enter the following keyword in the space provided specifiy any search options and submit the search Please nate that it it important to enter the keyword EXACTLY as it appears in the box above Back Nest gt Cancel Help f A copy of the search engine Web page appears Enter the word KEYWORDS in all capital letters and press the button that launches a search for that specific search engine page g A notice appears in your browser telling you that the engine has been captured If necessary click the WebSeeker icon in the taskbar to return to the Custom Search Wizard h In the next dialog select the radio button that best defines the type of search the engine you have added will perform NOTE You will need to re capture the engine for each type of search it performs changing the settings each time BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 61 Setting Options Custom Search Engine Wizard Select the search tupe below that carresponds to the search options a specified on the search engine web page By doing so this search engine will only be available when doing searches of this type SI ve s d LE n p ILL 5 IA Be et ia at ke t hom KN RAMS G M Middle d dalia
44. ault Saving Directory Browse Default Temporary Directory Browse Cancel Help 2 Enter the full path for the directory where you want to save WebSeeker searches wsk files in the Default Saving Directory text box 3 Enter the full path for the directory where you want to temporarily store your WebSeeker searches wsk files in the Default Temporary Directory text box 4 When you have finished configuring your Saving Options click OK to close the Options dialog box or select another tab to configure more Options Setting Scheduling Options Use the Scheduling pane to setup unattended searches You can schedule WebSeeker to perform a search while you re sleeping in a business meeting or traveling on the road WebSeeker automates your Internet search by activating the Windows Dial Up connection to your Internet Service Provider and completes the connection by pressing the Connect button Once the connection is made WebSeeker launches your search and writes the results as you have set in your Options When the search is complete WebSeeker automatically disconnects from the Internet See Creating an Unattended Search for more information 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Scheduling tab to switch to the Scheduling Options page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 55 setting O
45. button to navigate to the folder into which you copied or expanded your WebSeeker files and click finish BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 10 Getting Started 3 If you have the Blue Squirrel Sampler CD its AutoStart function will load the CD and present you with an opening screen To start the installation process click on the WebSeeker title or wave your mouse over the title and click on the Install Demo link OR If you have downloaded WebSeeker as an EXE file copy your EXE file into an empty folder or directory Double click the EAE file to start the WinZip Self Extractor and then click the Setup button to begin the installation process 4 When the Welcome dialog box appears press the Install button to continue with the WebSeeker installation Welcome to the WebSeeker Setup program This program will Install WebSeeker on Your computer It ig strongly recommended that vou exit all Windows programs before running this Setup program Click Cancel ta quit Setup and then close any programs you have running Click Hest to continue with the Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and International treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or ary portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and Will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law 5
46. coined by AT amp T to describe the types of high speed connections of hosts to the Internet A TI connection transmits a DS 1 formatted digital signal at 1 544 megabits per second A T3 connection transmits a DS 3 formatted digital signal at 44 746 megabits per second TCP Transmission Control Protocol First half of the standard TCP IP package that provide the most fundamental protocols on the Internet TCP provides the transport level standards that allow a process on one machine to send data to a process on another machine BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 84 Reference oe TCP IP Standard package that provide the most fundamental protocols on the Internet URL Uniform Resource Locator Standard address format used to identify and locate sites on the Internet World Wide Web site URLs begin with the prefix http HyperText Transfer Protocol generally followed by www World Wide Web After the standard prefixes URLs use identifiers for different domains and subsections of domains each separated by a period The various levels of a site are separated by a forward slash individual home pages are often preceded by a tilde Web page Page of a document on the World Wide Web WWW World Wide Web or Web Collection of on line documents housed on Internet servers around the world The concept of the Web was created by researchers at CERN
47. cted Result s to results Add Result Tum Refine On Off Refine Set Selected Result s To k Browse Page Browse All Statistics 4 On the submenu which appears select the setting you want to assign to the selected result s Monitored LPM Not Monitored Ctrl Shitt h New Chrl h Old Chrl Shitt h Changed Ctrl H Rejected Ctrl F Browsed Ctrl B Not Browsed Ctrl Shift 6 e Monitored Not Monitored tells WebSeeker whether to watch and report changes to the site on the next search See Setting Results to Monitored e New Old adds or removes the yellow new icon and is useful for filtering purposes See Setting Results to New Old e Changed marks results that have been modified since the last search See Setting Results to Changed e Rejected automatically excludes the results from any new searches See Setting Results to Rejected e Browsed Not Browsed helps filter out viewed results for later browsing and on future searches See Setting Results to Browsed Setting a Result to Monitored When a Monitored result is renewed and changes WebSeeker reports the monitored result as changed The New icon next to a modified result has a green background Use this feature to keep track of changes to interesting results BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 36 Managing Search Results a 1 Open the desired search to make it current 2
48. d list of results You can click on the links to view each search result site or use the arrows at the top to easily navigate through results If you do not get a browsable BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 26 Using WebSeeker a Web page of results go to the Tools menu and select Options then the Writing tab verify that you do not have the Write out nothing radio button selected 2 Browse Results via E mail Go to the Results menu and select Email Results WebSeeker will send an e mail to the recipient of choice with a list of the results by title and URL 3 Browse list of results in WebSeeker You can navigate to the results from WebSeeker s Inside WebSeeker you can see the search engines and the list of search results by title and URL You can browse sites through the integrated browser Browsing a Specific Search Result 1 In the Results window click on the result you want to browse 2 To browse the site you can e Goto the Results menu and select Launch Result e Click the Launch button a on the Toolbar e Double click the result s Title name in the results window Expanding a Search Before Launching You can expand a search by adding search engines or keywords either before you launch a new search or after you have completed a search Follow the steps below to expand a new search before launching the search results 1 In
49. d still return a match men and women were attacked and killed by sharks 3 2 If the default span of zero is desired the same expression is entered as men and women were attacked and killed by sharks 2 e Proximity Searches to find two or more words near each other but in any order type the search words in quotation marks and then enclose them in square brackets For example you could enter taxes deductions This will find taxes after all the deductions as well as deductions figured from state taxes The brackets indicate that you want to find the words within a certain span or range The default width of the span is 20 words but you may override the default For example you can narrow the span to 10 words by typing taxes deductions 10 Proximity searches may also specify an expendable count The following expression would allow two of the specified words to be missing from successful search result documents federal state deductions taxes 10 2 e Boolean Searches WebSeeker supports searches using the Boolean operators AND and OR E OR Searches To find all documents containing shark whale or dolphin or any combination thereof create an OR search by using the vertical bar character shark l whale l dolphin AND Searches To find all documents containing both sea and ocean use the ampersand character sea a
50. decipher if you want WebSeeker to download images for FilterFind searches By default WebSeeker will not download images NOTE graphical images can be large files and take up more memory space 7 When you have finished configuring your View Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 63 Setting Options Setting Writing Options The Writing Options let you decide whether WebSeeker should notify you when a search is complete what files if any to write out with the URLs and HTML of the search and whether to run a program after the search is complete 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears click the Writing tab to switch to the Writing Options pane Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email After Search l Complete C Write out nothing C write out URLs to URLLIST TXT Browse ZZ write out HTML to CURRENT HTM Browse 2 write out date gt HTM file Example 072595 HTM for July 25 1995 Format EMail to f Test HTML Iv Include search engine advertisements requires Internet ta view Run Pragram Browse 3 HTML Additions la Highlight Keywords ka Display Abstracts Limit t
51. dy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 49 Chapter 5 5 Setting Options BEREA 51 GGE Eaurta alata raia 52 Setting Searching Options esses 53 Settimp Saving SA EAEN 54 Setting Scheduling OHO 55 Setting Dial Up Options eese 56 Setting Search Limit Options esses 58 Setting Search Engines Options suse 50 Set no View ARDOEN ateetan 62 Setting Writing JUDO 64 Setting Highlighting Options sssse 66 Setting Email Options o 66 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 50 setting Options a WebSeeker s Options dialog pages allow you to configure many different aspects of the program to suit your personal search preferences You can set Options defining how your search results are displayed what results are included or excluded the Web browser you want to use to browse search results and how WebSeeker writes its search results to your hard drive You can even set up personal preferences for unattended searches as well as settings dictated by your network setup In this chapter you will learn about each of the Options what they can do and where to locate each option All settings made in the Options dialog pages are global within the context of WebSeeker that 1s they apply to all searches you make until you again change your Options
52. e Mate To use your default browser leave this field blank Launch a new search from the Search button in Microsoft Internet Explorer Username Password Cancel Help File Menu The File menu lets you perform actions that affect an entire search file File Edit View Search Results Tools Help Mew Dik New Search Wizard Mew Advanced Search Open BOR Save As Print Setup Print WebSeeker Extentions Import Ctrl Write Web Page d Selected Results Delete All Results Ctrl 1 MEZ MOK 2 CAWINDOWSSTEMPSUntitfed WSK SCAWINDOWS TEMPSUntitle AIEK Exil BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 73 Reference oe New starts the Search Wizard or the Advanced Search dialog depending on your settings in the Options Settings Miscellaneous section By default WebSeeker starts the Search Wizard New Search Wizard starts the search wizard and walks you through the steps to perform a search in WebSeeker New Advanced Search opens the Start New Search dialog box Open opens an existing search document Save As saves the current search as a WSK file Print Setup opens the printer dialog Print Opens the printer dialog with the option to print selected results to your default printer WebSeeker Extensions Opens the WebSeeker Extension dialog and presents you with the option to downlo
53. e Title column of the display window click to select the results you want to change If you want to change the setting on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 From the Results menu select Set Selected Result s to gt From the submenu that appears select Changed Or right click the selected result and select Set Selected Result s to gt Changed from the drop down menu 4 WebSeeker sets the result to Changed by placing a New icon with a green back ground HEM next to the title in the display window Setting a Result to Rejected 1 Make the search you want to work with the current search 2 Inthe Title column of the display window click to select the results you want to reject If you want to change the setting on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 To set the selected result to Rejected e Press the Rejected button P on the Toolbar e Or from the Results menu select Set Selected Result s to gt Rejected e Or right click the selected result s and select Set Selected Result s to Rejected from the drop down menu 4 WebSeeker sets the result to Rejected Include Rejected Results Setting a result as Rejected has two effects e WebSeeker excludes Rejected results from display in the results list BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 38 Managing Search Results
54. ed WebSeeker searches using the Scheduling tab on the Options dialog box This gives you the ability to run complex searches at more convenient times NOTE WebSeeker must be running normal minimized or hidden with the desired WSK file loaded in order to launches your Search at the specified time Automating Unattended Searches via Modem Before WebSeeker can run an unattended search you must create a standard Windows Dial Up Networking Connection to your Internet Service Provider Your Internet Service Provider should be able to tell you how to create a DialUp Connection for their particular setup Creating an Unattended Search WebSeeker can totally automate your Internet search It activates the Windows Dial Up connection to your Internet Service Provider and completes the connection by pressing the Connect button Once the connection is made WebSeeker launches your search and writes the results as you have set in your Options When the search is complete WebSeeker automatically disconnects from the Internet l Open WebSeeker by gong to your Windows Start Menu Programs Blue Squirrel Blue Squirrel WebSeeker From WebSeeker s main window click File on the menu bar and select New Advanced Search The Start New Search dialog box appears Enter the keywords for the search you want to schedule in the Keywords tab Select the Search Engines tab to define the search engines you want to use for the scheduled search Click F
55. elected Find Later in the Start New Search dialog box 1 Open the search you want to customize If the desired search is not already open go to the File menu and select Open Navigate the directory structure to find the file containing the desired search and click Open Or if you are customizing a new search set your keywords and search engines and click Find Later 2 In the main WebSeeker window go to the View menu and select Search Engines The window splits adding another pane with a list of the search engines for the current search appearing in the left pane 3 Right click the name of the engine you want to configure and select Properties from the shortcut menu Or click once on the name of the engine you want to configure go to the Edit menu and select Properties 4 A dialog box specific to the selected search engine appears 5 Select the desired options and click OK You will return to the WebSeeker window 6 Repeat steps 3 5 to configure more search engines Since the available options vary from one search engine to the next each one must be configured separately 7 When you have finished configuring the search engines launch your search by going to the Search menu and selecting Start Renew or by clicking the Search button a on the Toolbar If you want to renew only one search engine right click the desired engine and choose Renew Selected Engines from the shortcut menu BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel
56. ether See Constructing Valid Search Expressions for examples of general syntax and the resulting queries 4 When you have finished making changes in the Refine dialog you can BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 42 Managing Search Results a e Click OK to close the Refine dialog box and apply the current configuration to your search results e Click Apply to apply the current configuration to your search results while keeping the Refine dialog open for further editing 5 WebSeeker runs through your search results to determine which conform to your new search query and displays the reduced set of results in the main WebSeeker window Use the Refine button T on the Toolbar to toggle your display betweenthe complete search results and the refined search results Constructing Search Expressions for Refining Results Boolean and other search logic is a rich and complex topic which often takes up a full semester of a college level course A full explanation 1s beyond the scope of this manual however most Web searches do not require a full range of Boolean expressions but rely on a limited subset of the possible queries In this section we present some examples of valid expressions in both standard English and their search syntax counterparts The syntax examples given here could be all or part of an expression entered in the Query text box of WebSeeker s Ad
57. eturn the results 5 If you re behind a Firewall or using a proxy server you ll need to enable the Proxy Server section and fill in the required fields 6 When you have finished configuring your Internet Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options Setting Searching Options Use the Searching Options page you can Control how WebSeeker logs each search Decide if you want special effect such as sounds played for search events Define which search method either the wizard or the advanced search dialog you want WebSeeker to use 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Searching tab to switch to the Searching Options page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 53 setting Options Search Engines VIEW Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Keep Detailed Transaction Log Special Effects v Play sounds for search events configured in Control Panel Sounds Miscellaneous Use advanced search dialog for starting new searches instead of wizard Cancel Help 2 If you want WebSeeker to create a file listing the errors encountered in each search select Keep Log of Errors The default setting is to keep this log 3
58. example a SUBSTRING search of the word flu could return results including influenza fluent flut etc Search without Program I ntervention You can start searches without opening the WebSeeker program and going through the Search wizard by using any one of following searching options WebSeeker will use the default category Web to perform search queries 1 While Browsing in Internet Explorer version 4 0 or higher highlight text that you want to look for right click and select Search Using WebSeeker 2 Highlight text anywhere on your computer that you want to find and press Alt on your keyboard while clicking your left mouse button 3 Highlight text anywhere on your computer and click the WebSeeker FindNow bird on your Windows TaskBar Search using the Search Wizard 1 Start WebSeeker Click the Windows Start button and depending on your Windows operating system you will select Find or Search then WebSeek the Internet The WebSeeker Search Wizard appears OR Click the Windows Start button and go to Programs Blue Squirrel WebSeeker WebSeeker 2 If you have not disabled the Tip of the Day feature a tip screen will appear Read the tip and then click Close 3 The Search Wizard dialog appears with step of 4 open You are now ready to create a new search Select a category and press Next to proceed If the Search Wizard doesn t EL go to File on the Menu bar and select New Search Wizard or click L
59. f your search terms For example if you entered the keywords fast cars WebSeeker would only return results containing both keywords fast and cars Any of the Words is an OR search This option returns more results than an AND search because it finds all sites that contain any one of your search terms Using the same keywords fast cars with the OR operator WebSeeker would return all results containing either one of keywords fast or cars or both The Exact Phrase is a PHRASE search This choice controls the order and proximity of the search terms finding only sites that contain all of your search terms in the exact order you typed them with no intervening words or phrases Again using the keywords fast cars this time with the PHRASE operator WebSeeker would only return results containing the word fast immediately followed by the word cars BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 21 Using WebSeeker Search Expression step 2 of 4 Type in the text that you would like to look for or select a previous search from the drop down Seperate words with a space and include particular keuy words that will Improve the relevance of your results Search Expression Blue Squirrel E Search for C All of the words C Any of the words The exact phrase lt Back Cancel Help 5 When you proceed to Step 3
60. g that it does not have access to that page PPP point to point protocol Protocol that provides a method for transmitting packets over serial point to point links PPP is one of the most popular methods for dial up connections to the Internet since it allows you to use other standard protocols such as IPX TCP IP and Netbeui over a standard telephone connection but it can also be used for LAN connections protocol Language spoken between computers to exchange information More technically a protocol is the formal description of formats and rules followed by machines to exchange information Different protocols are used to exchange different sorts of messages such as news for newsgroups and FTP for file transfers proxy Special kind of application which serves as an interface between the Web browser and the actual connection to the Internet WebWhacker 1s a proxy or proxy server which serves up information from the WebSeeker User s Manual database to your Web browser proxy server Application which passes information between a browser and the Internet SLIP Serial Line Internet Protocol Standard protocol similar to PPP which is used to run TCP IP over serial lines such as telephone circuits or RS 232 cables Unlike PPP however SLIP does not work on a LAN connections SLIP is probably the most popular way for dial up users to access the Internet In general Web access requires a SLIP or PPP connection T1 T3 Two terms
61. he number of characters in an abstract to a maximum of EO Cancel Help 2 Inthe After Search Is Complete section define the following a Select Notify when complete to have WebSeeker pop up a Notice dialog prompt when it completes a search Search complete Resulte written to CAWINDOWSSTEMPSUntitled DIR SCURRENT HT MM Browse the results b Choose Write out nothing if you do not want WebSeeker to write search results to a file of any sort BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 64 setting Options IX Choose Write out URLs to if you want WebSeeker to write the URLs of its search results to a text file Type the full name and path for the file in the text box If you do not include a path WebSeeker saves the file in its own directory by default If you want to save the URLs to an existing file click Browse 1 navigate to the desired file and click Open to save your file choice and return to the Writing Options page d Choose Write out HTML to if you want WebSeeker to write its search results to an HTML file that you can view in your Web browser Type the full name and path for the file in the text box If you do not include a path WebSeeker saves the file in its own directory WebSeeker by default If you want to save the results to an existing file click Browse 2 navigate to the desired file and click Open to save your file choice and
62. his mode presents a command line style of working Perform a new FilterFind search or open the results of an existing saved search If you performed a CleanFind or InstantFind search you ll need to select and download the results you wish to refine See Refining Search Results for instructions on downloading results 2 Click the Filters button E on the Toolbar or go to the Results menu and select Refine to open the Refine dialog box which displays your current query ready for editing If necessary click the Advanced button The Advanced Refine dialog box appears Advanced ES Y au searched for michaelangelo pieta Buen J michaelangelo B pieta Standard Cancel Apply Help 3 WebSeeker displays your current query in the syntax of Boolean logic Edit the expression to meet your new criteria See Constructing Search Expressions for Refining Results to learn the basics of Boolean and other Search Logic Refine Precedent WebSeeker s Refine command uses a left to right precedent A left to right precedent is what most Western languages use when they write sentences from left to right 1 e items written further left in a sentence or a search list are processed before items written further to the right and are therefore given precedence over any following items If you need to adjust the precedent beyo nd this level of left to right sorting you may add parentheses to group specific keywords and operators tog
63. hout program intervention Different ways to start WebSeeker How to create a new search and open a saved search How to launch a search How to browse your search results How to further customize your results by expanding or refining your search terms and by configuring the individual search engines Understanding Search Operators Before we get started please become familiar with the functions of Search Operators and understand how each of them works Boolean logic has become one of the most basic tools of the World Wide Web Almost all search engines use Boolean operators AND or OR to describe the relationship between the various terms in a search Other Search operators include PHRASE and SUBSTRING The AND operator links keywords together narrowing the results of your search When you are searching for a particular group of keywords use the Boolean operator AND to restrict your search For example to search for computer animation type the keywords computer animation in the keyword text box WebSeeker will now search for Web pages including both keywords computer AND animation Selecting an AND search automatically removes any search engines that do not support AND searches The OR The OR operator the default operator for WebSeeker is often used to include any of two or more different keywords effectively widening the search Using the same example computer animation the results of an OR search will i
64. ind Later and the Options Scheduling Tab appears If the Scheduling dialog does not appear go to Tools Options and select the Scheduling tab Select the Enable Scheduled Search check box The scheduling options are enabled Enter the Frequency and Start At information to determine when the scheduled search will run Search Engines View Writing Internet Searching Saving Scheduling v Enable Scheduled Search EEE sd LOA EAT Se E er EE aeo How often to repeat this search GZ Daily C Weekdays Only C Specific Day Sunday 2p o7 AM Start At 12 08 ee PH Cancel Help BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 47 Scheduling Unattended Searches a 7 If you have a direct connection to the Internet T1 T3 etc click the OK button to close the Options dialog and proceed to step 12 8 If you connect to the Internet via modem select the Diak Up Tab in the Options dialog Check to Enable DialUp Networking and select the name of your Windows Dialup connection in the drop down box next to Connection NOTE The name of your dial up connection varies depending your individual account and naming Options Search Engines Wey Writing Internet Searching Dial Up Sched v Enable Dial up Networking If you have Windows Dial up Networking capabilities but are 2 0 ll lo 0 unsure how to set up a Diakup Networki
65. inks and indexes the content of those links If the search engine returns content instead of links set this to Content so that the page itself 1s indexed This is useful for news page search engines where the result is the actual news articles instead of Yahoo type search engines where the result 1s a list of links 4 When adding Rejects Repost Ads and Filters a link is specified as such lt A Eb EES URL Link gt gt Title lt A gt You have the option of specifying one of the following Substring URL Will search for your text occurring anywhere in the URL link Substring Title Will search for your text occurring anywhere in the Title SubString Full Title If you are actually getting the pages FilterFind then it can Reject based on the title lt TITLE gt Full Title lt TITLE gt of the page it grabs 5 When you have finished configuring a search engine click OK to close and save your changes BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 32 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 33 Chapter 3 3 Managing Search Results Manually Adding Results 35 Adjusting Results Settings 35 Setting a Result to Monitored 36 Setting a Result to New or Old 37 Setting a
66. it for a connection to each server before timing out There is no maximum length of time e Use Timeout if reading stops for to enter the number of seconds WebSeeker should wait to read the data from each server There is no maximum length of time 3 In the Results section set the define the following criteria e Use Limit number of results returned to input the maximum amount of results you will accept per search engine e Use Limit time spent searching to input the maximum amount of time you want WebSeeker to spend gathering results for a search BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 58 setting Options e Limit size of each downloaded document to determine the maximum file size you want WebSeeker to use when downloading Web pages to your hard drive for a FilterFind Search e Limit requests for next results to limit the number of times WebSeeker requests additional results from search engines Many engines deliver results in groups of ten or so To obtain additional results WebSeeker must continue to request the next set of results 4 When you have finished configuring your Search Limits Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options Setting Search Engines Options The Search Engines Options Lists all of the categories and search engines available that WebSeeker use
67. izard 20 Advanced Search Method 24 SAVING aiei aaa 26 SLOPPIN baie eu B 26 Opening an Existing Search 26 Browsing All Search Results 26 Browsing a Specific Search Result 21 Expanding a Search Before Launching 2 Expanding a Completed Search 28 Customizing Search Engines 29 Manually Adding Search Engines 30 Editing Search Engines 3 3 Managing Search Results Manually Adding Results 35 Adjusting Results Settings 35 Setting a Result to Monitored 36 Setting a Result to New or Old 37 Setting a Result to Changed 38 Setting a Result to Rejected 38 Include Rejected Results 38 Setting a Result to Browsed or Not Browsed 39 Refining Search Results 39 Refine using the Standard Mode 40 Refine using the Advanced Mode 42 Constructing Search Expressions for Refnin Results co ope ead eds 43 4 Sheduling Unattended Searches Automating Unattended Searches via Modem 47 Creating an Unattended Search 47 BLUE SQU
68. ker automatically removes any search engines that do not support AND PHRASE and SUBSTRING searches 7 To launch your search immediately click Find Now If you do not want to use your changes at any time click Cancel Expanding a Completed Search WebSeeker runs searches on the first set of keywords and the added keywords separately For example if a search were launched on crocodiles and then expanded by adding the keyword alligators WebSeeker would run one search for crocodiles and a separate search for alligators 1 Open the desired search you wish to expand If it is not already open go to the File menu and select Open Navigate the directory structure to find the desired file and click Open 2 From the Results menu and select Expand Search or click the Expand button q on the tool bar The Start New Search dialog box appears 3 If necessary click the Keywords tab 4 In the text box labeled Keywords add or delete search terms as desired Do not enter punctuation in the text box unless you are searching for words punctuated in a specific way 5 Use the radio buttons below the Keywords text box to choose the AND or OR or SUBSTRING search operators or to search multiple keywords as a PHRASE 6 In the section of the dialog box labeled Type of Search select one of the following search types InstantFind fastest removes duplicate results CleanFind next fastest removes duplicates and unavailable results Fil
69. ker will prompt you with a message Search Engine Capture Complete 5 Return to WebSeeker and choose OR AND PHRASE or SUBSTRING This will record the search engine addition into the area of WebSeeker so it will be used when you use that type of search If you aren t sure it will add it to all of them except SubString Hit Next to proceed BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 30 6 Give your search engine a name and category Most search engines will work although some use advanced browser features such as cookies and will not work with WebSeeker Editing Search Engines WebSeeker is a very powerful program and will allow you to customize the way it works with each individual search engine Tweaking the search engines is not easy and requires some knowledge of text parsing and HTML Once you have added a search engine you can edit its properties You cannot edit the default search engines WebSeeker is able to seamlessly combine the search engines you create with the default search engines Updating WebSeeker will not erase your search engines but will merge the new default search engines with your own 1 From WebSeeker s main window go to Tools Options and Search Engines 2 Select your newly added Search Engine right click and choose Properties to edit the search engine 3 Choose the Advanced Tab and you will see the information that wa
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71. ll download the results to your hard drive WebSeeker will place this icon 9 next to the title if the result has been downloaded If the result has not been downloaded you will see this icon ZZ Now you are ready to refine your results Read below for step by step instructions Refining Search Results in Standard Mode After performing a search you can use the Refine command to search the downloaded results of your current search for more detailed information For example you can easily refine your search results to show only those containing specific words or phrases in the title or text Standard vs Advanced Refining When you choose the Refine command WebSeeker displays an easy to use set of text boxes and drop down boxes which visually guides you through the intricacies of constructing complex Boolean proximity or other detailed searches When you click the Advanced button your search is displayed as a query written in the syntax of Boolean logic If you know how to construct Boolean queries on your own you can use this text box to adjust precedents and groupings add terms etc Clicking the Standard button returns you to the graphical display Refine Using the Standard Mode 1 Perform a new FilterFind search or open the results of an existing saved search If you performed a CleanFind or InstantFind search you ll need to select and download the results you wish to refine See Refining Search Results for instructions on downloading
72. main for thirty 30 days from the date you acquired the Software Blue Squirrel s sole liability for any breach of this warranty shall be in Blue Squirrel s sole discretion 1 to replace your defective media or ii to advis e you how to achieve substantially the same functionality with the Software as described in the Documentation through a procedure different from that set forth in the Documentation or 111 if the above remedies are impracticable to refund the license fee you paid for the Software Repaired corrected or replaced Software and Documentation shall be covered by this limited warranty for the period remaining under the warranty that covered the original Software or if longer for thirty 30 days after the date a of shipment to you of the repaired or replaced Software or b Blue Squirrel advised you how to operate the Software so as to achieve the functionality described in the Documentation Only if you inform Blue Squirrel of your problem with the Software during the applicable warranty period and provide evidence of the date you purchased a license to the Software will Blue Squirrel be obligated to honor this warranty Blue Squirrel will use reasonable commercial efforts to repair replace advise or refund pursuant to the foregoing warranty within 30 days of being so notified THIS IS A LIMITED WARRANTY AND IT IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY BLUE SQUIRREL BLUE SQUIRREL MAKES NO OTHER EXPRESS WARRANTY AND NO WARRANTY OF NONINFR
73. mp ocean e Nested Expressions Anywhere you can use a single word in an expression you can also use a phrase proximity or OR sub expression if you enclosed all phrases within phrases in parentheses Here are some examples failed gave up deep sea diving scuba deep sea diving scuba cookies and cream sweets Mother Theresa India 20 e Parentheses You can also use parentheses to specify the order in which you want the expression evaluated In the following example the AND amp is evaluated before the OR I fast amp cars racing In the next example the OR is evaluated before the AND amp Indy 500 amp fast cars BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 44 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 45 Chapter 4 4 Sheduling Unattended Searches Automating Unattended Searches via Modem 47 Creating an Unattended Search 47 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 46 Scheduling Unattended Searches WebSeeker s Scheduling Options are designed to enhance the automation of your Internet searching providing you with additional flexibility and functionality You can automatically launch unattend
74. nclude all documents containing the word computer OR the word animation With an OR search all keywords will not necessarily be found in each document as they would in an AND search An OR search might retrieve a large number of documents that didn t necessarily contain information on computer animation OR searches expand your results to include documents that might not otherwise be found For example if you searched for airplane OR plane you would find many documents that contained the word plane but not the word airplane The PHRASE option is similar to the Boolean operator AND in that it requires results to contain all of the listed keywords In addition PHRASE requires that the keywords be used together as a phrase For example a search could be launched with the keywords Planes Trains and Automobiles With the PHRASE option selected WebSeeker will only return documents containing all of the keywords in the exact order they were entered in the keywords field Planes Trains and Automobiles BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 19 Using WebSeeker a The SUBSTRING option is similar to the OR Boolean Operator in that the resulting sites need only contain one of the listed keywords However a SUBSTRING search retrieves an even wider range of results than an OR search because resulting sites include any of the keywords within other words For
75. ng connection contact your ISP They should be able to tell you how to create a Dial Up Connection User Name for their particular setup Password 9 If the user name and password you ARE use for your Windows dial up connection are the same as those used to log onto Windows check the Authenticate using Dial up Networking Connection entry geie ee If the user name and password information you use for your Windows Diak up connection are different than those used to log onto Windows de select Enable Dia Up Networking and enter your Dialup Connection User Name Password and Domain in the appropriate fields ka Authenticate using Dial Up Connection 10 Click the OK button to close the Options dialog box and return to the WebSeeker main window 11 When you are satisfied with the configuration of the scheduled search select File Save As to save the search with the name of your choice 12 Minimize WebSeeker The search will run at the scheduled time Adding WebSeeker to Your StartUp folder WebsSeeker must be running with the desired WSK file loaded although the program may be minimized to run scheduled searches If you plan on running frequent scheduled searches you may want to add WebSeeker to your StartUp folder BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 48 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South San
76. nitored Not Browsed Layout C Horizontal Vertical Abstract View Enable web browser in abstract view Limit the number of characters in an abstract to a maximum af EO Images Include images in FilterFind results requires Internet to view Cancel Help 2 In the Include section place a check in the box before each type of result you want to include in the display of search results You can choose to include any combination of the following New Old Changed or Rejected results For information on each type see Adjusting Results Settings 3 In the Exclude section place a check in the box before each type of result you want to exclude from the display of search results You can choose to exclude up to four of the following Duplicate URLs Duplicate Titles Monitored results or Not Monitored results Browsed results or Not Browsed results When one result type is the exact opposite of another result type you must choose between the two types For information on the meanings of each type see Adjusting Results Settings 4 In the Layout section you can choose between Horizontal and Vertical layout Options The layout preference affects the orientation of the two panes Search Engines and Titles URLs in the main WebSeeker window 5 The Abstract View allows you to choose between displaying abstracts or HTML in WebSeeker s browser pane when viewing FilterFind search results 6 The Images section allows you to
77. omputers across the Internet It uses a simple protocol that allows a client to access information from a multitude of numerous Gopher servers at one time creating what s known as gopher space The most common search tools in gopher are Veronica and Jughead Gopher clients exist for most platforms BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 82 Reference a home page Point of entry into a company s individual s or institution s set of HTML pages on the World Wide Web This foundation page is often used as an index with links to other resources on the Web or to other Internet servers HTML HyperText Markup Language Standard way to mark text documents to be published on the World Wide Web HTML code is distinguished by its use of tags surrounded by brackets for example lt BODY gt is the standard tag for beginning the body of any HTML document HTML code is what you see when you select View Document Source in your browser InstantUpdate Blue Squirrel program which automatically upgrades your copy of WebSeeker ot the newest version InstantUndo Blue Squirrel program which removes the most recent changes made by InstantUpdate IP IP stands for Internet Protocol the second half of the standard TCP IP package that provides the most fundamental protocols on the Internet IP defines the unit of information passed across the Internet IP address 32
78. ons Setting Email Options The Email Options let you decide what server and return address information WebsSeeker should use when emailing results to recipients listed in the Email to section of the Writing Tab 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears click the Email tab to switch to the Email Options page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 66 Setting Options Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up search Limit Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email SMTP Server Return Address info bluesquirrel com Cancel Help 2 In the SMTP Server text box type Server information 3 In the Return Address text box type the Return e mail address 4 When you have finished configuring your Email Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 67 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 68 Chapter 6 6 Reference Mam Wido aate et ardietara 70 Status WW IN GOW s etie tdeo te edite aN 70 Results Window eec eec eter etes 71 Start New Search Wizard 72 Options Dialog Ea 73
79. or in subparagraph c 1 Gi and 20 of Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights at 48 CFR 52 227 19 as applicable Contractor manufacturer is Blue Squirrel Software 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 Acknowledgment Microsoft MS Windows Windows NT Windows Windows 98 Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer are trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation All other products and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders Blue Squirrel Software would like to acknowledge all of the Blue Squirrel staff Web and Product Development Sales Customer Service Technical Support and Marketing that made this program possible Blue Squirrel Software 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 www bluesquirrel com 801 352 1551 BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 2 Index l Getting Started BOEEN aietara 7 TOW Ge 7 What s New in WebSeeker 5 0 8 The WebSeeker Window eeeeeess 9 System Requirements eo eene mea ois tones 10 Installing WebSeeker sssse 10 REGIS Rat EA 13 Receiving New Updates 14 Customer SUDDOFTL AAE 16 2 Using WebSeeker T TIC BaS E eraa 19 Understanding Search Operators 19 Search without Program Intervention 20 Search using the Search W
80. pack make up to 10 or 50 copies respectively of the Software but not the Documentation provided any copy must contain all of the original Software s proprietary notices The number of copies is the total number of copies that may be made for all platforms Additional copies of Documentation may be purchased You may not permit other individuals to use the Software except under the terms listed above permit concurrent use of the Software modify translate reverse engineer de compile disassemble except to the extent applicable laws specifically prohibit such restriction or create derivative works based on the Software copy the Software other than as specified above rent lease grant a security interest in or otherwise transfer rights to the Software or remove any proprietary notices or labels on the software LIMITED WARRANTY Blue Squirrel warrants that for a period of thirty 30 days from the date of acquisition the Software if operated as directed will substantially achieve the functionality described in the Documentation Blue Squirrel does not warrant however that your use of the Software will be uninterrupted or that the operation of the Software will be error free or secure In addition you must determine that the Software sufficiently meets your requirements Blue Squirrel also warrants that the media containing the Software if provided by Blue Squirrel is free from defects in material and workmanship and will so re
81. press Ctrkc to copy it to the Windows Clipboard Otherwise carefully write the URL down 2 Open the desired search in WebSeeker 3 From the Results menu choose Add Result to open the Add Edit URL dialog Or click the Grab button d on the Toolbar Add Edit URL Title Cancel URL First Found 0402 9 10 52 01 Mew Changed Last Modified 04 02797 10 52 01 C Old Rejected Last Tagged 04 02 97 10 52 01 Monitor Browsed Help 4 In the Title text box type a title for the result In the URL text box type the URL If you have copied the URL to the Windows Clipboard press Ctrl V to paste the title into the text box Use the radio buttons and check boxes to adjust the result s settings Click OK 5 WebSeeker adds the URL to your search result list Adjusting Results Settings WebSeeker uses a variety of Results settings to help you manage your search results Follow the steps below to adjust the settings of results to Monitored Not Monitored New Old Changed Reject Browsed or Not Browsed BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 35 Managing Search Results 1 Open the search you want to work with 2 Click to select the results for which you want to change the settings If you want to change the settings on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 On the Results menu select Set Sele
82. ptions Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching Saving scheduling Dial Up Search Limits v Enable Scheduled Search How often ta repeat this search C Daily Weekdays Only SpecticDay Tuesday E o0 AM Start AE 12 00 ET PM Cancel Help 2 Select the Enable Scheduled Search check box The scheduling options are enabled 3 Enter the Frequency and Start At information to determine when the scheduled search will run 4 f you use a modem to connect to the Internet you ll need to configure your Modem settings in the Dial Up Options tab 5 When you have finished configuring your Scheduling Options click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box or click another tab to configure more Options NOTE In order for WebSeeker to perform a scheduled search you must use the Advanced Search method and choose Find Later See Setting a Result to Monitored for step by step instructions Setting Dial Up Options The Dial Up networking pane defines whether or not a modem is used to make your Internet connection The Da Up Options pane automatically lists all available Windows dial up connections available on your computer 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Dial Up tab to switch to the DialUp Options page BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84
83. r hard drive The dialog asks if you want to browse the results BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 23 Using WebSeeker a If you want view the results as a page in your Web browser click Yes b I you want to view the results as a list in WebSeeker click No You can now browse the results or expand your search terms and choice of search engines If your search was a FilterFind you can also refine it Advanced Search Method In the Start New Search dialog box you can specify the keywords for your search query and how they will be combined adjust the speed and indexing level of your search and choose which Internet search engines you want WebSeeker to use The procedure below describes how to use our Advanced Search method 1 If necessary open the Start New Search dialog by going to the File menu and selecting New Advanced Search Start New Search B x Keywords Search Engines OR AND PHRASE SUBSTRING Blue Squirrel Find Mow Find Later Type of Search Cancel Speed InstantFind Fastest removes duplicates CleanFind Faster removes unavailable sites and duplicates FilterFind Fast same as CleanFind but indexes results Far Further refinement Eg ESTE i Help WebSeeker Accuracy 2 Click the Keywords tab if necessary to bring it to the front so you can enter your search parameters 3
84. result to new or old for filtering purposes You can manually change the settings for any result The first time a site appears as the result of a search WebSeeker automatically sets its status to New and displays the New icon I next to the title in the display window The New icon also appears for results that have not appeared previously in a search of the current keywords or if the result 1s considered new for any of the following reasons e The Web page is new e Modifications to the Web page e The search engine has been updated to include changes 1 Make the search you want to work with the current search BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 37 Managing Search Results a In the Title column of the display window click to select the results you want to change If you want to change the setting on more than one result hold down the Ctrl key while clicking on each result 3 From the Results menu select Set Selected Result s to On the submenu that appears choose Newor Old Or right click the selected result and select Set Selected Result s to gt From the drop down menu choose New or Old as desired 4 WebSeeker sets the result s to New or Old as desired Setting a Result to Changed When the content or design of a site 1s modified you can mark that result as changed 1 Make the search you want to work with the current search 2 In th
85. riting determine what happens to the results of a completed search including any programs that need to be launched as well as the name and type of file to BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 51 setting Options which the results are written These Options govern all your searches except those made through the Scheduling utility See Writing Options e Highlighting Select the colors that you want WebSeeker to use when highlighting your keywords in the search results list e Email Input return address and server information for e mailing search results When you have finished configuring items in the Options dialog click OK to accept the current configuration and close the Options dialog box Setting I nternet Options Use the Internet Options page to Enter proxy server and port information 1f applicable A Select to have WebSeeker automatically launched from Internet Explorer Choose which Web browser you want WebSeeker to use for displaying the results of a search If nothing is entered WebSeeker uses your default browser 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Internet tab to switch to the Internet Options page Options d Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Internet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up Search Limits Web Browser Brow
86. rks To conduct a WebSeeker search you need only enter the desired keywords and follow the steps in the Search Wizard That s all you have to do For step by step instructions refer to Search using the Wizard in chapter 2 WebSeeker then takes over to Create individual queries taking advantage of the strengths of each engine Collect sort and collate the results of each query Filter out unwanted material such as banner ads duplicate results and unavailable sites Display the results in an easy to read alphabetized list Let you determine how to view results Web page with key words highlighted and links to each site pertaining to your topic a text file of the results and their URLs e mail you a list of titles and URLs Using your search results is as simple as surfing the Net with your favorite Web browser Navigate to each link by clicking on its title either in the results list or on the Web page WebSeeker creates Delete the links you don t want and save your customized search for later use BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 7 Getting Started X What s New in WebSeeker 5 0 E Mail Results You can schedule or instantly perform searches and have the results e mailed to yourself family friends and co workers One Click Searching in Internet Explorer WebSeeker offers one click searching while browsing in Interne
87. s captured when you added the search engine a Server Lists the server that provides the search service b Port Lists the port that provides the search service If 0 then it is set by the Service Type http is port 80 and https is port 443 c Object String that gets POSTed or does the GET from the search server d Request Type Defines how the request is set e Rejects Strings that WebSeeker uses to determine which results you do not want to view on the search results page Reject results are stored in WebSeeker and are marked as rejects f Reposts Strings that WebSeeker uses to call a link and parse the resulting page for more links This sounds technical but in short Reposts are more commonly known as results you would find when you clicked Next Page or More Results when performing a search on Yahoo or MSN g Ads Strings that WebSeeker uses to define links as advertisements On a search results page you ll see advertisements listed at the bottom h Filters Strings that WebSeeker uses to determine the starting or ending of a link that you do or don t want included in search results BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 31 i Source The URL for the search service This is used when you double click on a search engine WebSeeker will launch this URL j Content Type WebSeeker by default parses the resulting pages for l
88. s when performing searches You can easily add new search engine categories modify existing categories and add custom search engines 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Search Engines tab to switch to the Search Engines Options page Internet Searching Search Engines WE All Search Engines ba American Memory Collection Search Apple Computer GL Ask Jeeves amp Bizweb Borland C1 Butte ba CE city CL CNBC SA CNET Downloads amp CNNin search Saving Note You can drag and drop search engines into categories Scheduling Writing Dial Up Highlighting Search Limits E mail Search Engine Categories ZE Business Finance SEO Computers SEO Education EE Geneology ZE Health ZE Kids ZE Legal SE Music MP3 News SEO Newsgroups H B Software H B Software CE PocketPC H B Software Palm Q5 ZE weh e Remove Import Export Cancel Help 2 To Add New Categories follow these steps a Select the Search Engine Categories pane and click the New button The new category appears highlighted at the bottom of the categories list b Enter a name for the new search engine category BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 59 setting Options c To add search engines to new or e
89. se Note To use your default browser leave this Field blank Launch a new search from the Search button in Microsoft Internet Explorer Serve Part Type CERN Compatible Prasy Server Usemame E Password Cancel Help 2 In the Web Browser text box type in the file name and location of the Web browser you want WebSeeker to use for displaying results of a search query If you do not know the name and location of your preferred Web browser click the Browse button to bring up a Windows File Open dialog box NOTE If you want to use your system s default Web browser leave the text box blank BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 52 Setting Options Look in C3 WebSeeker J fast cars DIR i WebSkr32 exe meta searcher DIR J michaelangelo pieta DIR dd telecommuting DIR J webSeeker DIR NN ILL exe E LUEGO exe File name Files of type Executable Files exe Cancel 3 Locate the name and directory of the browser you want to use and click Open The Internet tab of the Options dialog box returns with the selected browser name entered in the Web Browser text box 4 Mark the check box to Launch a new search from the Search button Seach in Microsoft Internet Explorer By selecting the check box each time you perform a search using Internet Explorer s search command WebSeeker will r
90. ser Group HEHE Bithwrite AE dm CalendarPlus Support Site ap dm FlashCommerce News HE dem HITA Hat Hews Ee How to Buy AE dm Linus User Group of Sacramento HE den MP Newsroom at dem Macworld Macworld e newslet Ee Multactve Corporate Solution sen http yippee hyper net nz si ARID GARDENER x By Date at dm Augusta Georgia Obituaries for ered http ag arizona edu hyp http augustachronicle cc http v bs co uk ww http Ww gensaftsb carr http www calendarplus c http Hasheammerce com http hahtsauce haht con http aw sumbol comh http GOAIA saclug arg http Ive gibel ca ukr OPERATING SYSTEM CATEGORIES http awa macworld corr E http w multiactivee col BUSINESS DESKTOP DEVELOPER at dm OReilly Software Hews api den Online Cities Content Directory IES POAStreet com Helio REG PC une Inc 4 KITA For Help press F1 http software oreilly com http anlinecities net cha http ww pdastreet cam bitu P rans niinc on d A Status Window When you are running a search WebSeeker displays the Status window in the space usually used by the main WebSeeker window The top part of the Status window lets you monitor the search progress with graphic progress indicators and running numerical totals The bottom part of the Status window displays information in five columns Search Title lists the search engine and search title us
91. t The three letter suffix in the host name identifies the kind of organization operating the server some locations use a two letter geographical suffix The most common suffixes are com commercial edu educational gov government mil military net networking org non commercial Addresses outside of the U S sometimes use a two letter suffix that identifies the country in which the server is located Some examples are jp Japan nl The Netherlands uk United Kingdom ca Canada tw Taiwan firewall Network node used as a boundary or security device to prevent Internet traffic from crossing over from one side to another A firewall may be implemented in a router protecting a company s or institution s server or it may be a specialized device used for such purposes FTP File Transfer Protocol TCP IP protocol for transferring copying from one machine on the Internet to another Basically it is the Internet version of the File Copy functions on most desktop platforms Since FTP evolved on the UNIX platform its commands for making and changing directories transferring copying moving and deleting files were originally rather arcane text based commands typed at a prompt Fortunately many graphical applications are now available that make FTP commands as easy as dragging and dropping gopher Information search and retrieval tool used widely for research Gopher information is stored hierarchically on c
92. t Explorer Simply highlight text right click and elect to Search Using WebSeeker Improved FindNow Hotkeys for the FindNow option are available through your keyboard Highlight text and press Alt on your keyboard while clicking your mouse Doing so will begin a search Redesigned Results Page The search results page has been improved displaying the results list in one frame and the selected result page in another Improved Browsing We ve improved browsing with the addition of Next Result and Previous Result Intuitive Customizable Coolbar WebSeeker now sports the new Microsoft Coolbar toolbar as seen in Microsoft Office You can customize the Toolbar by choosing buttons that suit your personal needs Search Wizard WebSeeker s new Search Wizard makes searching the Internet easier than ever Simply answer the questions as the step by step Wizard guides you Expanded Platform Support Now works with Windows Me 2000 We have also improved WebSeeker s functionality on Windows 98 NT Updated Search Engines The WebSeeker search engines and categories have been updated to ensure compatibility with the current search engines Quick Search WebSeeker offers a Quick Search option on the Toolbar that lets you easily type in keywords for searching WebSeeker Extensions Purchase Category extensions to target key resources on the Web I e Home improvement Scrapbooking BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 840
93. terFind most robust removes duplicates deletes una vailable sites and downloads results to your hard drive for Refining 7 Click the Search Engines tab and adjust the selection of search engines by selecting the category from the drop down list that best suits the type of information you are looking for e To use all or most of the available search engines click Select All and then add or subtract individual search engines as desired BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 28 Using WebSeeker a e To remove all or most of the search engines click Clear All and then add or subtract individual search engines as desired e To add or subtract individual search engines click on each desired engine to select or deselect it 8 To renew the existing search and launch the expanded search immediately click Find Now To launch only the expanded search click Find Later Click to select the new search engines and then select Search Renew Selected Engines Customizing Search Engines You can only access the specific capabilities of each search engine once you have chosen it as part of a particular search You cannot set customized defaults for all searches or otherwise customize search engines outside the context of a specific information query Because of this you can only customize search engines in a completed search or when you have set up a new search and s
94. th century English mathematician George Boole Boolean logic uses AND OR and NOT as its primary operators just as add subtract multiply and divide are the primary operators in arithmetic A Boolean search requires that specific conditions must be met For example a search using the terms tropical and fruits with the AND operator finds all occurrences that contained both the word tropical and the word fruits bookmark file also called hotlist and favorites Collection of Net site addresses saved into an HTML file by a brower program The list may be organized around a single topic or may be a list of the user s favorite sites browser Web browser Program that allows the user to find and view information on the World Wide Web WWW It generally refers to a Web browser which translates HTML coded pages into graphical interfaces on the user s computer dial up Commonly used method of accessing the Internet A dial up connection uses regular phone lines to connect one computer to another through a modem Windows 95 includes facilities for implementing Dial up Networking through a special icon in the Accessories folder DNS Domain Name System Database system used to map the meaningful names humans use to refer to machines on the Internet such as The Blue Squirrel Group onto the IP addresses that the computers use to access one another DNS allows the user to type in a simple memorable company name which the computer conver
95. that you no longer want a result to be set as Browsed repeat steps 1 3 but choose Not Browsed instead of Browsed Refining Search Results Refine filters the results of your searches in a variety of innovative ways Use Refine to add NOT terms to your query filtering out any results containing a reference you don t want Or display only results that contain all your search terms in close proximity NEAR one another but not necessarily in a phrase this 1s extremely useful for phrases that may incorporate an the or other nonessential words In order to use the Refine function your search results must be downloaded to your hard drive If you used the FilterFind option when performing your search WebSeeker automatically downloaded the Web pages to your hard drive If you performed a BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 39 Managing Search Results CleanFind or InstantFind search you will need to select the results that you want to refine and download them to your hard drive To select results If you want to refine all results go to Edit and click Select All WebSeeker will highlight all of your results If you only want to refine a few results hold down the Ctrl key while clicking each result with your left mouse button Once you have the results selected go to Results on the Menu bar and click on Download Selected Results WebSeeker wi
96. the Start New Search dialog box click the Keywords tab 2 In the keywords text box add or delete search terms as desired Do not enter punctuation in the text box unless you are searching for words punctuated in a specific way 3 Use the radio buttons above the Keywords text box to choose the AND or OR Boolean Operators or to search multiple keywords chose PHRASE 4 In the section of the dialog box labeled Type of Search select the search type InstantFind fastest removes duplicates CleanFind second fastest removes duplicates and unavailable sites FilterFind most robust removes duplicates deletes unavailable sites and downloads the results to your hard drive for refining 5 Click the Search Engines tab 6 Adjust the selection of search engines e To use all or most of the available search engines click Select All and then add or subtract individual search engines as desired BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 27 Using WebSeeker a e To remove all or most of the search engines click Clear All and then add or subtract individual search engines as desired e To add or subtract individual search engines click on the desired engine to select or deselect it When adjusting the search engines remember that not all search engines support AND PHRASE or SUBSTRING searches If you use the default settings on the Search Engines tab WebSee
97. to select or deselect it NOTE Some search engines cannot perform AND PHRASE or SUBSTRING searches If no changes are made on this tab the default is to the Web category engines In the case of an AND PHRASE or SUBSTRING search WebSeeker automatically removes any search engines that do not support AND PHRASE or SUBSTRING searches and only uses engines that support your search parameters 7 To launch the search immediately click Find Now To save the current configuration and perform the search at a later time either manually or as a scheduled search click Find Later For information on scheduling an unattended search see Scheduling Unattended Searches 8 WebSeeker runs the search You can monitor its progress in the Status window 9 When the search is complete a Notification dialog box appears telling you that the search is complete and the results have been written to an HTML file on your hard drive The dialog asks if you want to browse the results e f you want view the results as a page in your Web browser click Yes e f you want to view the results as a list in WebSeeker click No BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 25 Using WebSeeker a You can now browse the results or expand your search terms and choice of search engines If your search was a FilterFind you can also refine it Saving a Search You can save your
98. ts into a unique series of numbers domain Technically the alphanumeric part of the DNS naming system it is usually identifiable as a series of words separated by periods called dots For example bluesquirrel com 1s pronounced bluesquirrel dot com In general terms a domain is a logical region of the Internet and is commonly referred to as a site BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 81 Reference e mail electronic mail Method by which computer users can exchange messages over a network E mail is probably the most widely used communications tool onthe Internet There are many conventions to e mail but most entail To From and Subject lines One of e mails advantages is its ability to be forwarded and replied to easily e mail address Set of names which routes your e mail to you By convention an e mail address is made up of several parts separated by periods The first part of the address the username identifies a unique user on a server The pronounced at in the United States separates the username from the host name The host name uniquely identifies the server computer and is the last part of the Internet e mail address Large servers such as those used at universities or large companies sometimes contain multiple parts called 66 99 subdomains Subdomains and the host name are separated by AT pronounced do
99. ually your keywords Process displays the current process for example Search or Indexing Status tells you the current status of the process for example adding Bytes lists total bytes of data received for each search engine Results lists total number of results minus duplicates for each search engine BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesaquirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 70 Reference IL A TEIL GEA et ech Hi muni ta aS ae TY t ts ax E BAGS delaren vechuagamerr cla kapeal ieii dd dedi ee Fass a ee CR Fi ORE Fiaa inv jl arbre Sipehoepaneeri da errei Lbci bon turba H iic Eg Eck cic SDr Cie Hoe ZG baa KZ distr beeen Ib eee oo our econ rn peg bor eee Fee Cee ad bira OTS Didier St LAZY COON AT ATS MIK ooa aeb bt ig aee ca B bk Ik EA Ti dai E Gui dendek Zi a Pegzddte d II ledi laren k LHi com Here eg s Fm Flan Tn Die ft cs Here 5 Seer H ara LPonceu KOROA j ETA CC Heei ihan i ee p OIEK noe Heei Seger ion coder k JH grep D ira Sen cda bg oc ESTO H arc C ibe Grana bika ia Ln po Hone Lebe c He FEES Ipi Si Sud mobi dk Dedalo Mes de Cro H mda Pub D pah und mra G Temra rads ed Fair icons LI medir ore Ean Puta SO MO wird Opa po L Fe Hane enam H prie IRE ae ael A AL AAE EE Fi Pisa edam duas Haraal bia bike LAKE us lea i 1 1 Jiii L i GPe UE Ce ZE Ee jako Oe n On OP Pd du bie etek DE be rga egien Ce Back ee
100. uesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 57 setting Options Setting Search Limit Options Use the Search Limit Options dialog to better manage search results by limiting the number of results each engine is allowed to return and the time spent searching You can also configure maximum connection values and timeout settings for your Network or Modem 1 From the Tools menu select Options When the Options dialog box appears select the Search Limits tab to switch to the Search Limits Options page pons LLL LZ Lt Search Engines View Writing Highlighting Email Intemet Searching Saving Scheduling Dial Up search Limits Hetwork Limit simultaneous network connections to b Timeout if nat connected within as seconds Timeout if reading stops for E seconds Results v Limit number of results returned to D results per search engine v Limit time spent searching to fio minutes fv Limit size of each downloaded document to 400 KBytes Limit requests for next results to f D Cancel Hep 2 In the Network section set the following options e Use Limit simultaneous network Connections to enter the maximum number of connections WebSeeker makes at one time You may enter any number up to 255 however if you are using a modem we recommend a maximum value of 64 e Use Timeout if not connected within to enter the number of seconds WebSeeker should wa
101. vanced Refine dialog e Individual Word Searches to search for an individual word simply enter it as is For example to find all Web sites pertaining to sharks type shark e Phrase Searches to search for a phrase enclose the entire phrase in quotation marks and then enclose the phrase and the quotation marks in parentheses For example to find sites containing the three words great white and shark one right after the other type great white shark This query looks for all three words in the order shown with no intervening words You can use the Advanced Refine dialog box to maintain the specified order while allowing a specified number of intervening words For example to find sites including the phrase men who were attacked by great white sharks as well as the simpler great white shark type the following expression which allo ws 3 words between each pair of words men attacked shark 3 Of course the above phrase could also find sites containing phrases such as men who have attacked and killed sharks If you are uncertain of the exact wording you want to find you may specify that one or more of the words in the phrase are expendable For example the following expression specifies that any two of the words listed may be missing BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 43 Managing Search Results X Se an
102. xisting categories select the search engine s that you want to add in the Search Engines pane and drag the selected search engines into the Search Engine Categories pane and drop them into the folder of the desired category 3 To Add Customer Search Engines follow these steps a Select the Search Engines pane and click the New button b The Custom Search Engine Wizard appears and will guide you through the steps of creating a custom search engine C ustom Search Engine Wizard This Custom Search Engine Wizard will guide you through the steps Involved in configuring Your own custom search engine mM Enter the address of the desired search engine web page belaw Search Engine Web Page Address for example AAI searchengine com b Grab UAL from Browser lt Back Next gt Cancel Help c Enter the URL for the search engine you want to add or Click the Grab button to have the Custom Search Wizard import the URL currently loaded in your browser and click the Next button NOTE If there are different search options for the engine you are adding you must be on the exact search page and select the desired option d A dialog displays progress as the Custom Search Wizard connects to the search engine site e Carefully follow the directions on the dialog below and click Next BLUE SQUIRREL SOFTWARE www bluesauirrel com 686 E 8400 South Sandy UT 84070 WebSeeker User s Guide Page 60 The se
103. you ll allow each search engine and press Finish For a more manageable list of results you may choose to only allow each engine to return 40 or less results Search Options step 4 of 4 For a more manageable search you can limit the amount of results returned by each search engine Please specify how many results wou want to allow each search engine to return 7 When you click Finish WebSeeker will go to each engine and grab and index the results You can monitor its progress in the Status window Untitled W5E Webtaeker ground Da 5qurrel Fle Edt Ves Seach Heski Took Help Seaaeasmeyeedan aa Resulta ot Clean Errez d4bptib4 Pages 14b ot 164 x2 About Blue Sgi dius Gure Ir ZSAE apie ertan Yoel zeen lere and mone adhi uz You re uz lai ZSAE Snumel Ope Aus Sareal busez KE EIE Web Softee be Markee Buras ond En ay EE Pra Hortan ik Lis Posed Parpaiual maga Fickurm Bloc kr Bua Peko CQ Blue Adige Eskuan Foundation le WILORACES E boa Daten derdien Shere HEARTUGHT 2 High Country Hiking Blue Ridge Eskuan and M cic ME Graz Elua Bid of fa aoc ds Blue Geurien bg Jordan Das dA BLUES Bones inc 15 aue 2 8 Within moments you ll be presented with an alphabetized list of easily navigable results When the search is complete a Notification dialog box appears telling you that the search is complete and the results have been written to an HTML file on you

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