Welcome to Edge Data Miner Quick Start Tips:

	1. To quickly start mining for web data create a new project-> Menu -> File -> Manage project.
	2. Click on Add a project to give your project a name.
	2a. Manage projects lets you remove, add, delete or open a project.
	3. Click on the Automate Icon.
	4. Type in a Search Phrase (just like typing search terms into Google).
	5. Set "watch Output" to No --> It will work much faster.
	6. Set Extraction Type.
	7. Click Retrieve.

Edge Data Miner Advanced Features:

	Edge helps you mine for data with the professional's tool of choice for extracting & managing all your data mining tasks.
	Easy access and navigation of most popular features available from the large square icons on the tool bar.
	Save your resulting export lists either as CVS or txt files.
	Save any file or web page to local machine. This provides the option to snapshot an active page for a fast loading page that does not overload your database.
	Open icon lets you quickly open your lists or folders.
	Open List->opens a text file that contains a list of items (i.e., emails, fax #'s, URLs etc.) and populates the listbox in the main screen.
	Export to list of text or csv files using Menu->File->Export Many Extraction Modes:Email Addresses, Meta Keywords, Links (URLs), Images, IP Addresses, Fax #'s, Phone #'s, & much more using Custom Extraction & Expressions.
	Select Mode ->Email Addresses. This will browse to destination pages and extract emails (see Extraction Mode).
	Google Extractor steps through the page result listings of Google.com and retrieves the highest ranked listings for a particular keyword provided. To set your Extraction Mode: Click on the Extract button. There are two options: 1. Manually - the software extracts content to the listbox only when the extract button is pushed. This mode fits a more selective type of extraction. 2. Automatically - the software extracts content to the listbox whenever a new page is loaded. No need to click the extract button.
	Save all web site images to your local machine.
	Extraction Options: You may restrict to one email per page. Check this option when you use automatic modes or Google extraction. This option enables you a way to avoid spamming by picking up the first email encountered from each site. This option also increases Google extraction speed performance.
	Script Builder Make your extraction a daily routine with Script Extraction. Various tasks can be written to a file, which can be loaded and ran systematically. Extraction output can be saved to files automatically.
	Extraction Types -select output mode (i.e.. emails, fax #'s, URLs, images, etc.) Set the number of listings - number of websites to be queried. Suggested settings: Restrict extraction to one email per page.
	Tip: Activate the Popup Blocker for smoothest results. Tools -> Popup Blocker - run this utility while using the various extraction tools to block unwanted popups that will slow your extraction down.
	Watch Output - Yes: the software browses the sites while extracting, so you can see where it goes in real time. No: the software does not display sites visited in the browser, but works much faster. This option is recommended for speedier extraction.
	PageRank Network Search for selected sites listed in our database by keywords, users and PR qualifications. Add your own URLs to increase exposure to your sites.
	Filters - Filter out pattern-specific items from the listbox. Right-click the listbox and click Filter. - Starts With - filter items that start with a particular substring. - Contains Substring - filter items that contain a particular substring. - Ends With - filter items that end with a particular substring. - Use this option to filter out emails that start with 'webmaster' contain '.edu' or end with '.org'
	Exclusion List When listbox is filled with email addresses right-click the listbox and select exclusion list. You can then choose a text file from you local machine that contains an email exclusion list. When you've chosen 'open' the emails in your exclusion list will be removed from the listbox.
	Sort Sorts incoming items into the listbox either alphabetically or in First In order.
	Save Page/Images As Extract images and/or URLs to the listbox. Then right-click the listbox and select 'Save Page/Images As'. The software will save the pages and/or images that are selected to the local machine. A preview of each item will appear, and the user is prompted with the save as dialog box.

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