Abstract: In response to characters entered within a Find dialog box, a minifind window is dynamically updated to provide corresponding search strategies and quick matches from content search data that are being searched. The search strategies and quick matches that are listed are dynamically updated as the user inputs additional characters in the Find dialog box. At any time, the user can initiate a full text search to populate a search results pane, based upon the characters input, by selecting a Go control or pressing the Enter key. Alternatively, the user can select one of the quick matches or search strategies, to populate the search results pane with corresponding items obtained from the content search data, which are most likely to relate to the information desired by the user. This approach is applicable to finding information in almost any data accessed locally, or over a network.

Abstract: Generating advertising revenue for a content sharing service is provided herein. Content received from content contributors at a content sharing service is parsed to identify items for which affiliate advertising links may be provided. Affiliate advertising links are then added to the content based on the identified items. The affiliate advertising links include an affiliate ID associated with the content sharing service such that advertising revenue generated via the affiliate advertising links is attributed to the content sharing service.

Abstract: When a search index is generated, it includes entries tagged with the readability of documents referenced by the search index. A determination of the readability is made if a document is not yet associated with a preexisting entry in the search index and is being added, by analyzing the document to produce a readability indicator. For example, the readability indicator can correspond to a grade level identifier, thereby enabling search index to be searchable by grade level, age, or age range. A grade level-based search request received from a user can be submitted to search this search index for documents limited to a specific grade or age readability. The search results that are returned are thus filtered in regard to the readability indicator associated with the documents in the search index.

Abstract: In response to characters entered within a Find dialog box, a minifind window is dynamically updated to provide corresponding search strategies and quick matches from content search data that are being searched. The search strategies and quick matches that are listed are dynamically updated as the user inputs additional characters in the Find dialog box. At any time, the user can initiate a full text search to populate a search results pane, based upon the characters input, by selecting a Go control or pressing the Enter key. Alternatively, the user can select one of the quick matches or search strategies, to populate the search results pane with corresponding items obtained from the content search data, which are most likely to relate to the information desired by the user. This approach is applicable to finding information in almost any data accessed locally, or over a network.