our company brokers machinery. i would like an automated way to enter
a key word and have software perform a search on about a hundred web
sites contined in a database and return any information surrounding
the key word. for example if i wanted to find any machiens advertised
on a web site made by Maytag then i would enter "Maytag" and possibly
the model that i am looking for. the software should take my key word
and search the sites. the sites typically list the machinery in some
sort of table format. the software should return not only the sites
that contain the key word but also the description of the machine in
that record of the table.
what is the best way to do this? is there any ready made software that
does it? could i customize it or do i have to have someone build this
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
03 Jun 2003 07:13 PDT
I have found some software that may be able to do the searching on
many websites, though many of them are not for free, and I have yet to
see if they do the results listing in a table form like you want. Are
you looking for only freeware, or are you willing to purchase such
software?
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Clarification of Question by
jacksoncoker-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 14:05 PDT
I am open to purchasing such software.
if a software already does majority of the things then is there a way
to customize that for my needs. if so, how do i get started?
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
04 Jun 2003 21:01 PDT
What I found is a list of several search bot software, and I could
list the websites of the software that I find closest to your needs.
There is one program that costs $20 that may be what you need. You
could make your choice from the list I will make. Is that all right as
an official answer for you? Do let me know, thanks.
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Clarification of Question by
jacksoncoker-ga
on
06 Jun 2003 11:10 PDT
but before you do that, please give me these details.
test the software you think is close to my needs.
Give it a sample key word (that you know for sure is carried in the
sample sites)and sample sites to search for and see the results.
you will know if the searchware makes sense in a couple of tests.
The reason is i don't want to get something that doesn't help me and
pay for it.
On the other hand if you are very confident of the list and the
software you are about to reccommend that it will meet my search
requirements, i'll accept it as an official answer.
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
17 Jun 2003 10:33 PDT
Hello again,
I've not been able to test software properly since all search bot
programs I can download for free don't have complete features. Would
you be satisfied with a list of the programs I have found that *may*
satisfy your requirements? There are a lot of search bot software out
there, though a free one with all the features you want is certainly
non-existent.
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Request for Question Clarification by
techtor-ga
on
17 Jun 2003 10:40 PDT
By the way, have you found any search bot software by yourself? I
wonder if you found anything that might duplicate my findings. Thanks.
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