How do I search on My Quick Search?
How many Web sites are in the search
engine?
How do I report a
problem or a bug?
Is the My Quick Search Bar spyware?
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Who provides the various search results?
Are there Advanced Search capabilities?
What if I want to submit a site, how do I do this?
Is there filtering available for any of search results provided?
How do I interpret the basic Web results?
Can I try my search term in other search
types from Yahoo! on My Quick Search?
How do I search for MP3s?
How does the MP3 results page work?
Why do I get different results when I use the
same query at a later time?
How do I search for Pictures?
How does the Pictures Results page work?
What is News search?
How do I search for Videos?
How do I use the Video results page?
How are the Ask.com search results chosen?
How do I use the Ask.com Web results?
What are LookSmart "Reviewed Web Results"?
How do I save Pictures to my computer?
What is the resolution of an image?
What is MIME type?
What is MP3?
How long does it take to download?
Why am I having trouble downloading songs?
How long does it take to download Video
files?
What is streaming media?
How do I search on My Quick Search?
Searching with
My Quick Search is easy. Just type your keywords into the search field at the
top of most pages, then either click on the "Search" button, or on one of the
search provider buttons located just below the search field. My Search lets you
choose a primary search provider from such leading search engines as Yahoo!
Search, Ask.com and LookSmart. To change your primary search provider at any
time, click the "Change Default search provider" link on the main My Quick
Search page.
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How many
Web sites are in the search engine?
There are over 2 billion Web sites
indexed for the My Search search engine, which is powered by Yahoo Search,
Ask.com and LookSmart.
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How do I report a problem or a bug?
If you encounter an error searching
on My Search, please
Contact My Quick Search to report the problem. Please let us know
what you were searching for, the date and time you searched, and what problem
you encountered.
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Is the My Quick Search Bar spyware?
NO! The My
Quick Search Bar does not collect any personal information and is completely "spyware"-free
and "adware"-free. Period.
The My Quick Search Bar
was specifically designed to provide a great user experience free of spyware,
adware, direct marketing, data collection or other similar activities. In order
to achieve that goal:
- The toolbar
software DOES NOT
collect personal information of any kind, period. No email address,
registration or other information is required to use the product. No zip code,
no email, no member name, no password. Unlike many other products, we do not
even attempt to collect data upon startup as a requirement of use.
-
The toolbar software DOES NOT monitor the websites visited by the end
user, collect or in any manner report any information about what sites an end
users visits (or any clickstream activity), nor does it monitor or scrape
information when you are on other sites.
- The toolbar software DOES NOT serve or facilitate so-called
"contextual advertising" or pop-up ads. Many applications are identified as
spyware because they monitor end-user Internet usage and serve contextual
pop-ups. The My Search Bar does not engage in any such practices.
In
short, the My Quick Search Bar provides a superior search experience on an
ANONYMOUS basis and without any additional monitoring, contextual ads or other
nuisances.
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functionality questions |
Who provides the various search results?
Ask.com, Yahoo! and LookSmart all provide results for the My Quick Search search
engine. You can search for and find content in various languages, access news
headlines, image files, and video records.
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Are there Advanced Search capabilities?
At this point, we
are not offering Advanced Search capabilities for any search provider. We will
soon be adding this functionality and it will cross-navigate the various
providers' results.
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What if I want to submit a site, how do I do this?
To submit a site to
one of more of our search providers, please click on a link below and follow the
simple instructions.
Yahoo!
Ask.com
LookSmart
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Is there filtering available for any of the search results
provided?
At this point, we do not filter the various Web, image, video
or audio results from any of our search providers.
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How do I interpret the basic Web results?
Each result is listed with the title of the page, a text excerpt that describes
the page, and the URL of the page. By clicking on the title, your browser will
be re-directed to the web site. On My Quick Search, the Yahoo! results will only list
one page from each site.
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Can I try my search term in other search types from Yahoo! on
My Search?
By default, My Quick Search searches several types of web media through
Yahoo. You can also search other search types from Yahoo! such as: Web pages,
News, Images, Videos and MP3s files.
For example:
You can navigate through these sections by using the search-tab links below the
search box. The name of the section you are currently searching will display on
a dark-grey tab. You can easily run your search in other sections by clicking
the respective search-tab.
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How do I search for MP3s?
From the
Yahoo! main search results page on My Quick Search, click the search tab labeled
"MP3s". In the search box, type in your query. Then click the "Search" button.
Tip: To get the best results, you should type the name of the artist/band, or
the song title - not both.
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How does the MP3 results page work?
After you've run your query, My Quick Search will return a list of Yahoo! MP3 files
that match your query sorted by the reliability of the source. My Quick Search
indicates the "Title", "Size", and "Date" of each search result.
For example:
To download a file, click the file icon, or the title of the track.
Title: This is the filename of the MP3. Clicking the title will download
the MP3 file.
Date: This indicates the date that the file was last modified.
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Why do I get different results when I use the same query at a
later time?
My Quick Search queries Yahoo! which randomly generates different
result sets, to prevent overload of any particular server on their end.
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How do I search for Images?
From the
Yahoo! main search results page on My Quick Search, click the search link labeled
"Images." In the search box, type in your query. Then click the "Search" button.
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How does the Image Results page work?
After you've run
your query, My Quick Search will display Yahoo! results in a grid of 15 thumbnails
(small image files) that match your query sorted by relevancy. My Quick Search
indicates the Filename, Image dimensions (Length x Width) and links to the site
of each image.
For example:
Thumbnail: Click the thumbnail image to go to that image's location on
the Web.
Filename: In the example above, "madonna". Clicking the image filename
will take you to that image's location on the Web.
Image dimensions: Displayed in pixels and in "Length x Width" format.
More info: Click this link to go to that image's location on the Web.
Tip: Images with larger file sizes will print better, but take longer to
download.
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What is News search?
For the News
search results under the "Yahoo!" tab on My Quick Search, Yahoo! reaches out to over
7,000 news sources in 35 languages and offers continuously updated articles from
Yahoo! News combined with crawled news sources around the Web.
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How do I search for Videos?
From the
Yahoo! main search results page on My Quick Search, click the search link labeled
"Videos". In the search box, type one or more keywords that relate to the Video
you are looking for. Then click the "Search" button or press Enter.
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How do I use the Video results page?
After you've run
your query, My Quick Search will display Yahoo! results sorted by relevancy. My
Quick Search
indicates the Video Title, Format and links to the site of each video clip.
For example:
Video Title: Click the title of a Video to download it to your computer,
or to play the stream.
Format: e.g. AVI, Quicktime, and MPEG. Note that you may need different
players to view the different formats.
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How are the Ask.com search results chosen?
Ask.com delivers its primary search results using Teoma Search technology. Teoma
Search technology uses sophisticated algorithms and Subject-Specific
Popularity(sm) data to generate the most relevant and authoritative results on
the Web. In some instances, companies pay to have their Web sites included
within Teoma's dataset, otherwise known as the Teoma Index. Like all Web sites,
these sites are processed through Teoma's search algorithms and are not
guaranteed placement in the results. This ensures that relevancy is the primary
driver of results.
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How do I use the Web results?
Web results are listed in
order of relevance. Each result links to a Web page which has information about
the keyword(s) you entered. Simply click on the link to access the Web page.
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What are LookSmart "Reviewed Web Results"?
Reviewed Web Results are listings that have been evaluated by LookSmart editors.
The Reviewed Web Results section of search results includes Web sites selected
by LookSmart's professional editorial team, editorially-reviewed paid listings
from LookSmart's advertising partners, and non-commercial sites contributed by
Zeal community members. All listings are held to the same quality standards,
whether they are commercial or noncommercial.
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How do I save Pictures to my computer?
To save an
image, right-click on the image (Macintosh: click and hold) and select "Save
image as". Select a folder to save the image to, and click "Save".
Note: Materials are protected by the copyright and trademark laws of the
United States and other countries. Therefore, you may need authorization of the
owner before you can use any of the referenced materials. You can browse through
the search results by clicking the "Next" or "Previous" links for the next or
previous pages of thumbnails to view.
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What is the resolution of an image?
The resolution of
an image refers to its pixel density; that is, the number of dots per inch that
make up the image. Higher resolution pictures print better than low-resolution
pictures, but have larger file sizes and thus take longer to download. The
sharpness of the image on a display depends on the resolution and the size of
the monitor. The same pixel resolution will be sharper on a smaller monitor and
will gradually lose sharpness on larger monitors because the same number of
pixels are being spread out over a larger number of inches.
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What is MIME type?
Servers insert a MIME header at the
beginning of any Web transmission. Your browser uses this header to select an
appropriate "player" application for the type of data the header indicates. Some
of these players are built into the Web client or browser (for example, all
browsers come with GIF and JPEG image players as well as the ability to handle
HTML files); other players may need to be downloaded.
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What is MP3?
MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3) is a
standard for compressing a sound sequence into a very small file (about
one-twelfth the size of the original file) while preserving the original level
of sound quality when it is played. Winamp (PC), MacAmp (Mac), and mpg123 (UNIX)
are popular MP3 players, but there are many others.
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How long does it take to download?
Download times
vary with the speed of your Internet connection. On a 28.8K modem, it can take
20 or 30 minutes to download a three-minute song, while a high-speed connection
such as ISDN, DSL, cable, or a T1 line, can download the same song in under a
minute.
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Why am I having trouble downloading songs?
Most
servers have a limit on the number of users that can connect at any one time.
The only solution to this problem is to try again at a later time. My Quick Search in
conjunction with Yahoo!, provides a reliability score for each of the MP3 files.
This gives you an indication of the reliability of the connection to the
computer where the file is stored.
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How long does it take to download Video files?
The
length of time it takes to download a video depends upon your connection speed.
Using a dial-up connection (28.8 to 56Kbps) to download a 30-second, 3MB MPEG
could take 10 to 15 minutes to download. Cable modems and DSL connections have
substantially shorter download times.
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What is streaming media?
Streaming media is audio or
video sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed by the viewer as
they arrive. With streaming media, a Web user does not have to wait to download
a large file before seeing the Video or hearing the sound. The user needs a
player, which is a special program that decompresses and sends Video data to the
display and Audio data to speakers. Streaming Media plugins are available for
most browsers.
Real Network's RealSystem format, Microsoft's Media Player format and Apple's
QuickTime all support streaming media. These work better with high-speed
connections and in low-traffic hours.
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