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MetaSearch Features

The Orbitmetasearch is a metasearch engine which allows users to make a simultaneous searches at several information retrieval systems and choose the most relevant results from all of them. Besides the basic functionality the OrbitMetasearch allows to search different types of information due to IMAGE SEARCH, NEWS SEARCH, AUDIO/VIDEO SEARCH modules. Also the OrbitMetasearch may impress users with its SUGGESTION TOOL. However, let’s take a closer look at this amazing product and meet with its features.

Main features

• Web Search
• Image Search
• News Search
• Audio Search
• Video Search
• Related Keywords
• Suggestion Tool
• Advanced Search Tool
• Cache System
• Control Panel for admin
• Statistics Tool for admin
• User Preferences Setup Panel
• All components are template based
• All templates can be edited using built-in Template Editor

Web Search

• OrbitMetasearch uses three most popular web search engines: Google, MSN and Yahoo
• OrbitMetasearch uses the methods and algorithms of parrallel processing during the gathering of search results
• OrbitMetasearch is able to display results using different methods:
  1. applying Ranking Metasearch method on the ensemble of all metasearch results
  2. filtering out certain search engine’s results from the ensemble of all metasearch results
  3. displaing only one search engine’s results filtered from the ensemble of all metasearch results
  4. displaing results as they are displayed at native search engine
• User is able to choose what search engine he’ll use for comparing and filtering functions
• Near the each search result the OrbitMetasearch displays where this result was found and what position it takes there
• There is a possibility to use cache for Web Search
• The Suggestion Tool can be used for Web Search

Image Search

• OrbitMetasearch gets results for Image Search from Google, MSN and Yahoo
• OrbitMetasearch provides the ability to choose what search engine to use for images searching
• Each result of Image Search looks as a small thumbnail of real image
• After click on search result user is redirected directly to the site where the image was found
• There is a possibility to use cache for Image Search
• The Suggestion Tool can be used for Image Search

News Search

• OrbitMetasearch gets results for News Search from Google, MSN and Yahoo
• OrbitMetasearch provides the ability to choose what search engine to use for news searching
• After click on search result user is redirected directly to the site where the news was found
• There is a possibility to use cache for News Search
• The Suggestion Tool can be used for News Search

Audio Search

• OrbitMetasearch gets results for Audio Search from Yahoo
• Each result of Audio Search contains:
  1. the title of result
  2. the URL of result
  3. size of result
  4. the date when result is apperared at its resource
• After click on search result user is redirected directly to the site where the result was found
• There is a possibility to use cache for Audio Search
• The Suggestion Tool can be used for Audio Search

Video Search

• OrbitMetasearch gets results for Video Search from Yahoo
• Each result of Video Search contains:
  1. the thumbnail of video
  2. the title of result
  3. the URL of result
  4. the short description of search result
  5. size of video file
  6. length of video
  7. video file’s format
• After click on search result user is redirected directly to the site where the result was found
• There is a possibility to use cache for Video Search
• The Suggestion Tool can be used for Video Search

Related Keywords

• OrbitMetasearch gets keywords related with current search session from Yahoo and Overture
• It is possible to use cache with related keywords module

Suggestion Tool

• Suggestion tool displays several top keywords and search results using the string typed by user in the field for search term
• Autoappearing when user begins the typing of search term and autohiding when search term field is not under the focus
• Automatically refreshing of Suggestion Tool’s content according each typed symbol

Advanced Search Tool

• Ability to use search query builder which allows:
  1. specify the set of compulsory words
  2. specify the phrase for “exact match” searching
  3. specify the set of word for “at least one” searching
  4. specify the set of undesired words
• Ability to make more strict search using “domain restriction”

Cache System

• Cache system may be used with each of search types such as:
  1. Web Search
  2. Image Search
  3. News Search
  4. Audio Search
  5. Video Search
  Besides that cache may be used for the related keywords
• For each of search types the live time period may be specified separatelly

Control Panel

• Using the Control Panel the owner is able to specify a large number of different settings which are:
  1. Global Settings
  2. Web Search Settings
  3. Image Search Settings
  4. News Search Settings
  5. Audio Search Settings
  6. Video Search Settings
  7. Related Keywords Settings
  
  
• Also the Control Panel includes interfaces for:
  1. Template Editor
  2. Statistics Tools

Statistics Tool

• Detailed reports for specified time period which includes following fields:
  1. Search Term
  2. Search Type
  3. Search Time
  4. IP address of visitor
  5. Visitor’s language
  6. Visitor’s operating system
  7. Visitor’s Browser Type
• Graphic Statistics Tool which displays the comparative histograms about how many search results were obtained from each search engine during the specified month

In conclusion we’d like to remind You that this is only a demonstrative version of OrbitMetasearch and it is possible to remake any component of this product or whole system according to the wishes of our customers.