Technical features

Our underlying WebService represents the most universal interface to content sources/ content databases in the Internet.

Users may use it with or without programming know-how:
Via a simple search engine or a simple HTML call (Look at our user solutions).
Or it can be used via advanced tools like Browser Plugins, Widgets etc. or via an API integration into a PC or a Web application (Look at our application provider solutions).

The search request will be sent to our WebService in the Internet which transfers it in REAL-TIME and PARALLEL to the relevant content source(s) or search engines.
The REAL-TIME method solves the complex Crawling and Indexing that distinguishes us from typical search engines. Publishers keep full control of their content.

The respective content source or search engine deals with the search request and sends back a result list or a document to our WebService. We collect all answers, package it into one data package (in either HTML, XML format or as a Java object) and send it back to the user.

Chargeable content will be charged according to different accounting methods.

Extended functionality for ASP or in-house solutions:

We are able to provide some advanced modules for in-house solutions or on our servers. (Ask us!)

• Web-based search GUI: a web-based search interface for professionals if you do not want to create your own.
• Web-based administration GUI: to organize your users, sources, user's right to sources, ...
• Statistics: about user's search and download behavior, costs incurred, ...
• Alerts: automatically executes searches and informs users via e-mail.
• Test tools: automatically check if host or database is online, database self integration tools, ...