Lean and Feature Filled
Quickly launch a lookup in any online search engine or dictionary through the Global Menu. Searches can be performed from all applications – you are no longer bound to the browser. Assign hotkeys directly to search engines so that one key press can look up a term directly online quicker than ever before. Extend the clipboard; insert text by selecting among the last 5-30 entries of copied text, an immense time saver for professional/power users.

Allowing you to work faster
Basic statistics allows you to keep a track of how much faster you work when using Transfz. This is achieved by using a realistic estimate on how long time you would use to conduct a search by typing it in manually (try 9 seconds) versus using the Global Menu of Transfz. Notice, this estimates are conservative – especially since they do not take into account the usage of extensions which can yield huge time savings. Put a program to use that will subtract from your workload.

Extendable
Use Extensions to do any sort of task, including text or code manipulation. A number of extensions are already available in the default Transfz installation. These extensions are script based and can themselves be used as a foundation to write virtually any type of extension. The ext`s can call external executable files or scripts and so Transfz can be extended with many languages, AutoIt, .NET, C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, PHP, and many more. Extensions bundled with default install include: Easily convert UPPER case to lower case without having to do any re-typing, Do search and replace in any editable field (your mail application for an example) and more.

Small and Modular
Transfz is built as a modular application both from a user standpoint and from a technical perspective: Options, About and Help features are separated from the main program which means that the GUI and graphics do not take up system resources. The modular design leads to a fast and smooth experience of Transfz as a integrated utility (complete program is a small executable, only ~400KB). The basic idea here is to ultimately NOT notice the program once you have become acquainted with its main features.

Helping the planet
If you donate to Transfz, half of your donation will be used for planting trees (one tree per $1). Having spent +12 months programming Transfz, as well as writing bad HTML/CSS and help files, I am very aware that the development of the information technology we use daily has only come to see the light due to a functional biosphere (..) Even more importantly; unless the biosphere stays functional we can`t even keep using the technology we have developed. So out of every donation given to this project 50% (see Supporting Transfz) will go to the Global ReLeaf Project (run by the American Forests Organization).

Source: Tranfz (pronounced as ‘transfuse’)

After several months of intense development alongside Stacey Kuznetsov, the Rapid Content-Based Image Search (RCBIS) engine was ready for use in user oriented programs. The most obvious and appealing project was to develop an image search engine which took not text, but a sketch as input. Search by Sketch was born – developed by Stacey Kuznetsov, Teobaldo Fernandez and myself.

Mirroring the RCBIS color model, a limited array of colors is available to users. A usability study found that users wanted to draw unnecessary detail, which wasted time and actually hurt search accuracy. Only one, large brush size is provided to preclude this behavior. The red ‘X’ icon clears the sketch.

Users can draw into two different sketch panels. The upper panel is used to search for image content. Images that closely matched this sketch are ranked highly in the search results. However, images that have commonalities with the sketch drawn in the lower panel are negatively weighted in the search results. These two sketch panels provide a mechanism that acts like a boolean search.

Search results are presented in order of relevance, with the closest matches at the top. To provide additional detail for probable matches and include as many results on screen as possible, thumbnail size is varied. Since our image search algorithm is supposed to be fast (as per the ‘Rapid’ in ‘RCBIS’), we can hit the DB many times a second. This allows us to present live search results as users are sketching their input.

Source: Chris Harrison and Search by Sketch

Startup Search Engine SEOENG recently announced that it is joining Google as only the second Search Engine to actively read and execute JavaScript. Seen as a major feat for any Search Engine, and an extraordinary development.

“We are thrilled to announce that our technical team has implemented and incorporated this industry changing technology into our Search Engine. Our users have been waiting for this feature for some time, and the incorporation of JavaScript recognition into SEOENG(R) means that SEO Professionals will no longer be in the dark regarding how Search Engine’s see their JavaScript code. This advancement truly sets us apart from other SEO Tools,” says Maura Stouffer, President of Marketing & Operations.

Recent developments in Search Engine algorithms, including the discontinuation of redistributed Link value to other Links without the rel=”nofollow” attribute, has forced many SEO Companies to re-think their approach to Link Design and Architecture. In the past, the “nofollow” attribute was used to “sculpt” Link Flow(R), or PageRank (Google’s Webpage ranking indicator/algorithm). Recently, the SEO community has turned to JavaScript, which is a scripting language that is executed on a client’s browser, enabling Links to be changed on the fly, and not detected by Search Engines. Earlier this year, Google officially announced that is had begun reading JavaScript, causing panic in the SEO world due to broad JavaScript use. “Old SEO tools and methods are dwindling rapidly, as Search Engine intelligence closes the gap between humans and computers,” remarked Stouffer. “SEO/SEM Professionals have turned to more high-tech approaches, like SEOENG(R), to counteract this phenomenon.”

With SEOENG’s ability to read and parse JavaScript, Internet Marketers can now see what top Search Engines like Google are seeing. More importantly, users can visualize the actual Link Architecture which is often much different than the one without JavaScript. “On many Websites, we are seeing dramatic shifts in Link Architecture due to the incorporation of JavaScript into our Search Engine,” said Stouffer. “Without JavaScript, you really aren’t seeing the true picture. There is an incredible amount of information revealed by parsing the JavaScript on a Webpage.”

One example is called ‘Cloaked Links’.  Cloaked Links are Links which have been modified to appear different to Search Engines. Search Engines consider the use of Cloaked Links as a subversive technique, and are thought to penalize Webpages that have too many Cloaked Links. SEOENG(R) reveals new Cloaked Link penalties on its Webpage Scorecard. In addition to Cloaked Links, JavaScript can also be used to add, edit, or delete content on a Webpage. SEOENG(R) now incorporates all of these detectable JavaScript changes into the final document, which it then parses and scores. Customers can choose whether or not to have SEOENG(R) crawl a Website with JavaScript, by selecting this feature on the SEOENG(R) Instant Quote screen.

SEOENG is a personal Search Engine, fully controllable by its users. Users can adjust the Crawl Depth, set automatic crawls, or crawl on-demand. With natural Link building and Link Architecture becoming more and more important, SEOENG(R) is confident that the SEO world will continue to turn towards more technical approaches like its Search Engine.

Try SEOENG and get your free Webpage Scoresheet by entering any URL into the Search Bar at http://search.seoeng.com

Source: PRWeb