WebKruz YouTube Video
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Adding WebKruz to the Internet Explorer Search Bar
Just like Firefox, WebKruz can also be added to the Internet Explorer search bar. The search bar is able to have multiple search engine plug-ins. Below is an image of how the search bar drop down looks before WebKruz plug-in is added.
To add WebKruz to the Internet Explorer search bar, first navigate to WebKruz. From the WebKruz homepage or the results page, click the drop down arrow in the search engine bar. I found the next part a little confusing. If you click on the WebKruz menu item, you will be able to enter a search term in the edit box and execute a search. However, once you leave the WebKruz site you may no longer be able to use WebKruz to search. Instead you need to use the Add Search Providers | WebKruz menu to first add WebKruz to the search bar.
After clicking on the add WebKruz search providers menu, a dialog will appear to confirm that you would really like to add the search plug-in to Internet Explorer.
That is it. Now you can search WebKruz by simply using the search engine toolbar.
Adding WebKruz to the Firefox Search Bar
WebKruz can be added to the Firefox search bar. It is easy and makes it easier to use WebKruz as your default search engine. To add WebKruz to the Firefox search engine bar, first navigate to http://www.webkruz.com. From the WebKruz homepage or the results page, click the drop down arrow in the search engine bar.
The search engine drop down allows you to manage the search engine plugins. To add WebKruz to the Firefox search engine toolbar, simply select the “Add WebKruz” item. That is it. Now you can search WebKruz by simply using the search engine toolbar.
Webkruz Launch Party
Tonight we had a Webkruz launch party. Exciting things have been happening here at Webkruz. Last week we launched the release version of Webkruz as well as started our sales campaign. You may have noticed a few new features on the site. We’ve been listening to your feedback, and we have made some modifications to our site. First, we moved the zoom button (magnifying glass) to the bottom left corner of the thumbnail to make it easier to specify which site will be zoomed. We changed the background color of the page information to make it easier to read. We changed the size of the thumbnails to make the results site look less busy. There have been other minor changes to make the site easier to understand, and we are hard at work to keep the improvements coming!
Tonight was all about fun though! We are celebrating the next big thing! Take a Webkruz - see the world of search!
Here’s a picture of four of us celebrating tonight: (left to right - Trey Spiva, CTO; Scott Chambless, CEO; Don Padilla, VP of Sales and Service; and J.D. King, VP of Social Networking)
New Look
We have been working hard to design a modern and exciting look for WebKruz. We are finally ready to push the new look. With the new look, we have added an about page. We also added a couple of new features, too, such as the ability to share our site as well as the ability to contact us and tell us what you think about our product.
We also enhanced our stream control feature. The stream control feature is used to control how fast the websites will stream across the page. To control the stream speed, the slider control above the active stream is used. However, the original stream control was a little awkward because it was not obvious why there was a slider control.
The new stream speed control has a label to let users know the purpose of the slider. The stream control also has a second label that shows the stream speed. As you move the stream controls thumbnail, the label will update to show the new value of the stream speed.
Thumbshot Gallery
This week we added a new feature to our search results. Each result category now allows you to see the search results as a gallery of sites. The images in the gallery are larger than the images displayed in the streaming web pages. By using the gallery you are now able to get even more detail about a site before you navigate to the site.
To bring up the categories site gallery click on the gallery icon that is next to the category name. The gallery icon currently looks like a magnifying glass. 
The site gallery will show one site at a time with the site description under the site image. To navigate through the category gallery, you can use the gallery controls at the top of the site image, or you can use the left and right arrow keys.
What is new with Webkruz
Over the last few weeks we have made a number of enhancements to your search engine. The two most notable updates have been the image quality, category index and adding the ability to have advertisers. Of course, there have been a number of bug fixes as well. There is still work to be done to make it easy for advertisers to manage there own accounts.
Rich Images
Over the last couple of weeks we have been trying to get better quality images. The images that we previously had were designed to show the concept behind Webkruz but not be in the final product. The images are now larger, so they are now clear which makes it easier to see a page’s details. When you hover your mouse over a site, not only will you see the pages details, but you will also get to seem more of the page.
Shows the expanding of the sites image
Category Index
One of Webkruz’s unique features is the results categories. The categories help you quickly drill down into the set of web pages that you are trying to find. There are currently four categories per results page. We have now added a category index. The index allows you to quickly find what you are searching even if it is on a different result page. The index is designed to be like a cloud tag. The larger the text is the more relevant the category to the search criteria.
The category index helps navigate the search results.
Advertisment
Webkruz advertisements are going to be able to use rich media advertisement. Rich media advertisement gives the advertiser the power of video to express their products instead of static text. When you hover your mouse over an advertisement, the sounds will start to play. Move your mouse away from the advertisement, the sound will again be muted. There will be two zones where advertisements can be placed. The first zone will be on the welcome page. Under the search text area, there will be a trailer style advertisement.
Of course, there will also be advertisements on the results page. The results page is a great way for advertisers to target their advertisements to the search query. An advantage of rich media advertisements is that we are able to support advertisers that text advertisements just can’t support. For example an advertisement for a soda drink can not be fully expressed via a text advertisement. However, showing commercials on television and now webkruz for these type of products is very successful.
Page Hit Details
The page thumbnails are great way to get an idea about a page before wasting your time navigating to the wrong page. The categories are also very helpful to zero in on the group of hits that truly pertain to what you are trying to find. While these features are going to be revolutionary in the search engine market, you still need to be able to have textual descriptions about the page.
To show the page details simply hover the mouse over a page’s thumbnail.
A New Search Engine
Enter webKruz
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