Step 1 – Install SemantiFind and log in.
- Go to semantifind.com and choose Sign Up.
- Enter your information, press submit and wait for a confirmation email.
- Click on the link in the email to activate your account.
- Download the Toolbar, restart your browser and click on Start Semantifying.
- Log in with your user name and password and you're ready to go.
Step 2 – Start searching, just like you always have.
- Start typing in the search bar... you'll get a drop down list that lets you choose the precise definition of the term you're typing in:
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- Enter as many terms as you like, selecting definitions as you go. If you can't find the term you want, just leave the term undefined – SemantiFind will try to sort that out later. Defined terms show up in text "bubbles", undefined ones don't:
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- Press enter, and you'll get both your search engine search results and results from SemantiFind.
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- In the SemantiFind results, you will see pages that have been added by the SemantiFind community. Once you and your friends begin adding (Semantifying) pages, these will also be included in the results and categorized so you can see who added them. The SemantiFind results will always match the exact meaning of the search terms that you specified.
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- The usual search engine results are shown below the SemantiFind results. SemantiFind (optionally) grays out search results that don't match the meaning of the search terms you entered. This feature can be turned on and off from the "Settings" dialog under the "Options" menu.
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Step 3 – Semantify pages... your personal search engine.
- When you find a web page you find interesting just click on the "Semantify with" button in the toolbar:
- The page will be labeled with your defined search terms. Later, when you want to find that page again just type in one or more of the labels in your search engine and, presto, that page will be in your SemantiFind results.
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- If SemantiFind doesn't have any search terms to label a page with, or, if you want to change the labels that will be used, click on "Edit Labels" in the toolbar.
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- SemantiFind will automatically "Semantify" pages which you seem to show interest in (based on your activity) so that if you forget or if you are too absorbed in what you're doing you'll still get those pages in your results when you search next time.
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That's it. Your personal search engine saves you time and finds more meaningful results and the SemantiFind community as a whole brings order and meaning to the web.