A search update review

Web Ferret

WebFerret isn't a search site on the web- it's a free (advertisement supported) stand-alone web program. 

Click the links to visit FerretSoft's web page for more information, read the ZDnet review or download WebFerret

Getting started

Once downloaded and installed, WebFerret is easy to use but with enough options to make it useful.

Type in your search terms in the text field, select your search criteria (all keywords, any keywords, exact phrase, Boolean expression) and you're off. 

WebFerret searches through eleven preset search sites and returns the results in the resizable window.

Pros- and cons

WebFerret has a lot going for it  You can:

• Keep the search page open while you check out a site.

• Save search results for another day.

• Filter out pornography and foul language (and password the filter)

• Remove duplicate URLs from the list of results

• Adjust the closeness of the match

On the other hand...

• You can't add new search engines (and there aren't any Australian one's on the list.

• The banner ads are a little 'in your face' (but then it is free!)

• You'll need to configure the program to run it from your desktop.

Overall

A quick, useful alternative to browser based searching. Shame about the lack of Australia search pages.

netYP rating:

Configuring the proxy

• Left click the [view] menu

• Left click the [options] command.

• Left click the [proxy] tab

• Type in the settings as below:

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