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You can manage the search engines list of a project from the left side menu [Project] by selecting [Search Engines].
The list of selected search engines for the current project will be displayed first. You can add new, remove or edit the search engines from this list.
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Certain major search engines have local counter parts. Generally, there are three options:
For each local search engine that has the options above, three entries will appear in the list, one for each option. This is so you can have the ability to query the same search engine with different search options in the same project. Example:
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Add new search engine
To add more search engines to your project you first must click on the [Add Search Engine] button from the top of the screen.
Then, you will get five options to choose from:
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Add Search Engine
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Add Search Engine List
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Add Local Search Engine
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Add Google Preview Search Engine
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Add Google Location Search Engine
Add Search Engine
This feature enables you to choose from a list the search engines you wish to add to your project. The selection of a search engine can be made just by clicking on its row. You can also make multiple selections at this step and after you have decided, you must press the [Ok] button to finalize the process and add the selected search engines to your project.
However, if you wish to edit the specifications of the search engines or if you need additional information to help you decide, you can use the [Manage] button from the top-right corner of the list. It will let you see and edit the preferences for the search engine list.
If the search engine you are looking for is not in the list of search engines provided by Advanced Web Ranking, you can make a request and add it to the application. The [Request Search Engine] button will show up at the bottom of the Add Search Engine list, whenever a search for a particular search engine retrieves no results.
Add Search Engine List
You can either select a search engine list from the displayed list or you can create a new one, using the [New] button in the top right corner of the tab.
If you wish instead to edit the search engine lists, rename, deactivate, delete or assign to a project, just click on the [Manage] button.
Add Local Search Engine
This feature allows you to add a new search engine with local search capabilities. Just mention your location and later select the local search engines available from a list. You can select a predefined location or specify a new one.
Add Google Preview Search Engine
As you probably already know, Google displays different search results depending on the location of the user and the data center it gets the results from. Normally, if you are not using a proxy server, there would be impossible to know what results are displayed for a certain query on the other side of the Globe. But, Advanced Web Ranking allows you to do just that, through its Google Preview Search Engines.
You just need to select the location you want to see the results for, and add the desired Google Preview Search Engine to your project.
Add Google Location Search Engine
Another way of Google's search results personalization is to allow its users to specify their location and retrieve the results adjusted to that. This feature of Advanced Web Ranking allows you to gather the same ranking results as you would have set a certain location in your browser.
Just define the location you are interested in, select one of the available Google Location Search Engines and you're done.
Remove search engines
By pressing the [Remove] button you enable a mode which allows you to select and delete search engines from your project. Use the left side check boxes to mark the search engines you wish to exclude from your project and click on the red, [Confirm removal] button.
If you just changed your mind about removing any of the search engines from your project, there is a [Cancel] button enabled just for situations like this.
Edit/Manage search engines
While you are on the Edit search engines window, you can change the properties of a specific search engine. To access this window you can either right click on the search engine you wish to edit and select [Properties] or you can click on the [Manage] button from the top right corner of the [Add Search Engine] list.
You will see the list of all the search engines available along with their properties. You can sort this list by any of the columns or double click on a search engine name to edit its properties:
Importance
This option will allow you to change the importance of a search engine and display it at the top of the list when you order the list by Importance.
You can choose from five options available or set a customized value.
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Very Important
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Important
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Less Important
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Normal
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Ordinary
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Custom
Options
The [Options] settings let you change the number of results retrieved for a selected search engine for a specific project or for all projects.
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Global results per page - changes the number of results retrieved for a selected search engine for all projects
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Project results per page - changes the number of results retrieved for a selected search engine for a specific project
Performance
The [Performance] options lets you override the global performance preferences settings for a specific search engine. You can change the random delay between queries and the sleep time for that search engine.
Custom name
For major search engines you have the possibility to customize their name and add a name easy to be displayed in your reports. To do this just enter the name you desire in the Custom name field.