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<title>search.onramp.net Search From cyberQUEST Search Engine</title>
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<a href="http://search.onramp.net/"><b><p>search.onramp.net</b></a> &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>M</b><br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
<b><font size="-1">a2z &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; altavista &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
infoseek &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; inktomi
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lycos
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; webcrawler &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; yahoo </font></b><br>
<b>Configure Weights: </b><select name="a2z" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="altavista" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="infoseek" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="inktomi" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="lycos" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="webcrawler" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select>&nbsp; <select name="yahoo" size="1">
<option> 0 </option>
<option selected>1 </option>
<option> 3 </option>
<option> 5 </option>
<option> 10 </option>
<option> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> 100 </option>
</select> <br>
<input type="RESET" value="Reset"> <input type="SUBMIT" value="Search"> &nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Select
Hits: </b><select name="results" size="1">
<option> 10 </option>
<option selected> 25 </option>
<option> 50 </option>
<option> All </option>
</select> &nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Max Delay:</b> <select name="delay" size="1">
<option>5 </option>
<option selected>10 </option>
<option>30 </option>
<option>60 </option>
<option>120 </option>
<option>240 </option>
<option>480 </option>
</select> <b>In Seconds Per Engine</b> <input type="TEXT" name="query" size="75" value> </p>
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<p align="center">This is a very slick and quick multiple simultaneous metasearch engine.
search.onramp.net bills itself as the &quot;Net's Easiest MetaSearch Engine&quot;. It is
easy, but it is still powerful. It allows you to select which search engines to use (set
to zero to eliminate a search engine) and to configue the amount of weight for results
obtain for each search engine relative to the others. The intial setting of 1 makes them
all equal. You can also set a time limit for the maximum number of seconds to wait for
each search engine to reply. There is also a control that limits the maximum number of
hits (results) you will get from each search engine. search.onramp.net provides the
results of the search in a nicely formated table that includes the Rank, Score, Count,
Top, Delta, and URL for each result. The score is the weighted value of the results and
determines the rank. The Count, Top, and Delta are all returned in the same column. The
count is the number of search engines that returned a result anywhere in the top ten. The
top is the number one search engine to return that result. It is also a hyperlink to the
cached results of that engine that search.onramp used to determine the rankings. When
multiple seach engines return the same results, they are all listed in this top section.
The Delta is the time in seconds it took the <i>top</i> engine to respond. If a search
engine exceeds the maximum time you have allowed, that is reported on the bottom or the
page and you can retry the search for that engine just by clicking on it. The URL column
returns the name of the page and it's URL. This is about as terse a response you are going
to find in a search engine. But it's not a major handicap, you simply click on the <i>top</i>
engine and you will get the description that the searched engine returned. Not a bad
design. There is no help or FAQ page, all the <a href="http://search.onramp.net/">information</a>
you need is right on the main search page. It includes an explanation of how the results
are scored and how to interpret them. This service is brought to you by <a
href="http://www.onramp.net/online/">OnRamp Technologies</a>. (5/28/96) </p>
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