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Features
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Popularity:
#1 in Internet Explorer Add-ons & Plugins (out of 845 products)
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
4,790,722
- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
March 31, 2004
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Previous Versions:
Publisher's description of WebFerret Free 5
From CNET Networks:WebFerret provides a handy and efficient way to find information on the Web. It's fast, easy to use, and free. Enter your search words and choose from four options: all keywords, any keyword, exact phrase, or Boolean expression. WebFerret will use your Internet connection to query popular search engines and will return an unlimited number of hits. You can validate selected results, save your search history, and filter out pornography and foul language. Advanced features let you set the closeness of the match, and remove duplicates. The results are returned as a sortable list. Just double-click on a link to bring up your browser and launch the page. Version 5 has a new toolbar that integrates seamlessly with Internet Explorer and will also search news sources by simply entering "News:
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User reviews of WebFerret Free 5
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 107 votes
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5 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: WebFerret Free 5
Pros: It finds out alot of URL for me, allowed me to gain more useful information, thank you!It's free!!!
Cons: none.
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6 out of 10 people found this review helpful
Version: WebFerret Free 5
"It Works. Google Is Still Better."
Pros: It's actually quite good as a search tool, but has too many drawbacks.
I like how you can sort results by web address.
Cons: Results don't seem to be sorted by relevance. Google typically shows you the result you are looking for within the first few results.
This would be perfect if you could also sort by relevance!!!
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7 out of 20 people found this review helpful
Version: WebFerret Free 5
Pros: + It's a CNET Product.
- Displays search Results from search engines in its window.
Cons: + Try Dogpile, Teoma or other Search Engines.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: WebFerret Free 5
"Excellent, Excellent, Excellent"
Pros: I liked Web Ferret so much that after a few years using the free version, one day I decided to pay for the Pro version, as a way to say Thank You... The Pro version is even better than the free version. However... I recently bought another search automator that is even better than Web Ferret Pro, for which reason Web Ferret Pro now loses one star. For respect to c/net I won't mention the name... but if you use Web Ferret to find the search automator I am referring to, you will probably find it.
Cons: There are no cons, especaially not for the free version. Beggars can't be choosers, and this is one of the best and most useful free software I have ever used on my computer, on a par in usefulness with Open Office.
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5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: WebFerret Free 5
Pros: I can't evaluate this as it does not support my browser, which is Firefox. However I have in the past used a previous version, which was good. Pity I can't use this one.
Cons: Contrary to the erroneous previous contribution, this does NOT work with Firefox. No, it does not. Firefox is not supported in the drop-down list of alternative clients to the abomination of IE. Webferret developers really need to get their act together, as the prog does support Mozilla Suite-- however Firefox has been around for a long time as a replacement for Mozilla Suite.
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