Although search engines do a very good job of quickly locating information on the Web,
you will inevitably face their limitations on less trivial tasks:
Most search engines:
...cannot save your searches
So you cannot reuse your findings. This is OK if you still remember the
search keywords or have manually saved the results somewhere. Otherwise, you'll have
to begin from scratch.
FirstStop automatically saves your searches.
...cannot export selected search results to your office applications
If you want to use search results in your office applications,
you'll have to manually collect them across multiple search results pages and then
somehow convert them to a format that your application understands.
FirstStop can export search results to XML, HTML, RSS, plain text, MS Word, and MS Excel.
...cannot show all results on a single page
You never have the whole picture. It takes a lot of time
and routine manual work to collect all the search results you need.
FirstStop always shows you all available search results in a single continuous list.
...don't allow you to enter search strings for multiple searches all at
once and then provide you with all available search results for each search.
Manually processing multiple large-volume searches one-by-one takes hours, or even days,
to complete.
FirstStop automates such tasks with batch searches.
Most meta-search engines:
...don't allow you to select which search engines you want to use.
You cannot opt out of specific search sources. As a result, you have to wade
through low-quality and paid search results.
FirstStop users can select which engines they want to use for every single search.
Moreover, they can organize search engines into categories.
...don't allow you to add custom search sources.
If you have your favorite specialty search sites, you cannot search them all at once
using traditional meta-search engines.
Almost any search source can be added to FirstStop on request.
There are many more limitations and inconveniences encountered when using search engines that you might want to overcome.
Download a free trial version of FirstStop WebSearch and see how it can help you. And don't forget that
FirstStop WebSearch can be
customized for your specific needs.
