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Wednesday, 25th February 2004

Specialized Business Search Tool: The Scannery

Business Research--Searchable Database
An Update: The Scannery
About three months ago, ResourceShelf ran an item about a new "focused" search tool for investor-related information from companies around the word called The Scannery. Joseph Pols, developer of the database, has provided ResourceShelf an update with the latest news.
+ The Scannery currently contains info about more than 12,000 companies from more than 50 countries.
+ The crawler is "digging deeper" at each website.
+ "A very significant development is the addition of a new 'sister' website to The Scannery. We found that some users were getting confused when they searched for, for example, FORD but did not find the Ford Motor Company ranking near the top of the results. This is because not all companies allow their websites to be indexed at all. Ford is one of them, as is IBM and Proctor and Gamble, among others. Therefore, the only results would be those documents on other websites which contain the search phrase. To help users, we have created a new 'sister' website at http://www.timbukone.com. This new site (pronounced Tim Buck One), which does require free registration, allows a user to first choose a country, then navigate to a specific public company within that country (for which we have a website address), and then perform a search restricted to that company's website. The user can also directly click through to the company website. In addition, the user can choose to expand the search to all public companies in that country."

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