History of Seekmaster

Seekmaster is not a brand new idea. There were others before it. The one that started it all was the Exploseek redirection engine. A lot of people brought contributions to that one – and I hope there will be some people willing to bring contributions to Seekmaster itself, as Seekmaster is what I’d like to call the next level in Google / Multi-engine tweaking.

When it started, in 2007, Seekmaster was designed as software under Windows OS (98 to Vista) – as a matter of fact it was designed as a program that would offer a lot of search options (the so-called “search categories”) and would open up the results in an Internet browser window.

Seekmaster 1.0

- 18 search categories ( Multimedia - ranging from audio to video and pics, Tutorials, Online media, All document types – from e-books to movie subtitle files )

- Main search engines used: Google, Yahoo / Alltheweb

- Opens default browser installed on the system

- Known bugs: incompatible with portable browsers

Seekmaster 1.1

- 22 search categories (added Software, Games, Internet archives, Discussion forums)

- Main search engines used: Google, Alltheweb

- Changed several multimedia search strings

- Known bugs: incompatible with portable browsers and Firefox running simultaneously with IE on the same system

Seekmaster 1.2

- Minor changes in search strings

Seekmaster 1.3

- Added new search categories (E-bay search, TV Guide, Newspaper search, Proxifiers)

- Main search engines: Google, Alltheweb

- Changed several search strings

- Known bugs: incompatibility with Firefox unless IE is uninstalled and removed from system

After version 1.3 the program has been discontinued. The online version (until then featuring only few options) has started to function with full implemented options.

Seekmaster (online) 1.4 – 1.7

- Minor changes in search strings

- Implements 22 search categories (Audio, Video, Pictures, E-books, Software, Games, Divx subtitles, Online TV, Online radios, X-rated files, CD/DVD covers, Product reviews, Video trailers, Movies synopsis, Webcams, Electronic diagrams, Docs, Legislation, Lyrics, Biographies, Traceroute, Proxifiers)

- Main search engines: Google, Alltheweb

- No known bugs

Seekmaster (online) 1.7 – 2.1

- Minor changes in search strings

Seekmaster (online) 2.2

- Changed several search strings, added new functional spam-clearing queries

- Removed 17 search categories

- The search categories that function in full are Audio, Video, E-books, E-learning and Online media

- Added the E-learning category, that re-unites the Tutorial (how-to) search, the search in Forum topics, Product reviews and Product manuals for Internet users interested in buying, using and comparing items

- Implemented new functional string for streaming TV and radio stations, including peer-to-peer TV’s and radios

- No known bugs