More details for the Search Everywhere firefox extension

Once you have installed the Search Everywhere firefox extension (see my previous post) and played with it a bit, you might wonder what Exact, Path, Host, filter, and boost exact are for.

Link Extraction Parameters

Exact:

Use extracted URLs without modification, to create a very "narrow" search engine.

Paths:

Use the host+path from an extracted url, but omit any filenames.

Hosts:

Use only the host from extracted urls to create a "broad" search engine.

Extraction Modifiers

Filter:

Some of the extracted URLs might be dominate search results for almost any query. For example, if we extract http://nih.gov, it is unlikely any other extracted URL will appear in search results. By enabling this option, the search engine will avoid certain overly-dominant URL patterns, like nih.gov/*.

Boost exact:

This allows combination of host or path URL extraction, with an extra layer of exact URL extraction. Exact urls will be prefered in the search results.

Other Options

New Tab

Open search results in a new tab.

More features are coming! Adding more features will require interface improvements, too, so let me know sooner than later what you like and don't like.