Process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine
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1. A method to update an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising the step of:
- creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine;
identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content;
transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content;
opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information;
enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form;
submitting, by said user, said information to a script;
parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and
updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine.
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Abstract
A process for maintaining ongoing registration for pages on a given search engine is disclosed. It is a method to actively cause an updating of a specific Internet search engine database regarding a particular WWW resource. The updated information can encompass changed, added, or deleted content of a specific WWW site. The process comprises the steps of having software tools at a local WWW site manually and/or automatically keep an index of added, changed, or deleted content to a particular WWW site since that WWW site was last indexed by a specific Internet search engine. The software tools will notify a specific Internet search engine of the URLs of specific WWW site resources that have been added, changed, or deleted. The Internet search engine will process the list of indices of changes, additions or deletions provided by a web site, or add the URL of resources that require indexing or re-indexing to a database and visit the WWW site to index added or re-index changed content when possible. The benefit to the Internet is the creation of an exception-based, distributed updating system to the Internet search engine as opposed to the cyclical and repetitive inquiring by the Internet search engine to visit all WWW sites to find added, changed, or deleted content. Overall Internet transmissions are reduced by distributing the update and indexing functions locally to web sites and away from the central Internet search engine.
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1. A method to update an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising the step of:
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creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine;
identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content;
transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content;
opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information;
enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form;
submitting, by said user, said information to a script;
parsing, through the use of said script, said information from said form; and
updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for updating an internet search engine database with current content from a web site, comprising:
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a means for creating and modifying a database of a web site wherein said website database contains content capable of being indexed by an internet search engine;
a means for identifying, using said web site database, new, deleted, unmodified or modified content;
a means for transmitting to said internet search engine a set of indices, wherein said set of indices comprises said new, deleted, unmodified or modified database content;
a means for opening, by a user, a form on a computer to enable or disable internet search engines to be updated with information;
a means for enabling or disabling, by said user, the appropriate internet search engines on said form;
a means for submitting, by said user, said information to a script;
a means for parsing, through the user of said script, said information from said form; and
a means for updating, through the use of said script, said database of search engine. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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