Surf3D AGENT: HotBotAgent_1.xo WHAT IT DOES: Gathers web page text extracts and pictures from HotBot search results WHAT ITS GOOD FOR: Drilling down to gather things from HotBot searches Tracking appearance of particular types on the web Getting whole sentence extracts from pages containing selected word terms HOW IT WORKS: Drills down into each news article in your search results and extracts sentences containing your preferred extraction keywords HOW TO SET IT UP: Save-As the provided HotBotAgent_1.xo to a new name, such as MyHotBotAgent_1.xo Type preferred search term keywords into the OR line of the main Agent (X) window such as the key words you used in your HotBot search... Type preferred text extract keywords into the Metric channel lines A and B and C such as refinement words that further qualify or class the pages To gather pictures go the Agent Configuration panel (magnifying glass icon) and select the number and size range of picturefiles you want to collect. HOW TO USE IT: Start your Web Browser Go to this URL: http://www.HotBot.com Select preferences at HotBot, and select 100 returns per search page, and submit Type in any search terms into the HotBot Search window and submit The HotBot search results are displayed in your web browser Now go to the Surf3D Agent window and click the GET-URL button (see it appear in the Starting page lines on the agent window?) Now click the right pointing triangle icon on the main Surf3D toolbar to start the agent After it drills down into a hundred results, open the report by clicking on the Page icon VARIATIONS TO TRY: Try different searches with different keywords for text extraction Try different searches with different keywords for OR line evaluation Make agents for different HotBot search topics by changing Metric and OR line keywords