One of the useful and new feature of Windows 7 called Federated Search connector allows to carry out search of remote location (Website) locally (on windows) It means you can conduct search of flickr photos right from Windows Explorer using search connectors. Integrating federated search into Windows gives users the benefits of using familiar tools and workflows to search remote data.
To search a particular website, you will need to install search connector of that site. The first connector that appeared was to Flickr, and have since then, produced several more; Even you too can have one for your site. Follow the steps to create one such connector :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<OpenSearchDescription xmlns="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:ms-ose="http://schemas.microsoft.com/opensearchext/2009/">
<ShortName>Name of the Provider</ShortName>
<Description>Description of the provider</Description>
<Url type=”application/rss+xml” template=”Valid RSS link to search results“/>
<Url type=”text/html” template=”Valid RSS link to search results“/>
</OpenSearchDescription>
- Paste the above code in a text document.
- Insert Valid Input wherever I have written in bold.
- Change the extension of File to .osdx and Windows 7 will recognise this file as search connector.
You can also download Search connectors for various popular websites like- Flickr, YouTube , Google News, Google Blogs, Yahoo Search, MSN Search, Twitter, Amazon, eBay, Live Search, DeviantArt, Wikipedia, Blogsolute.
Download search connector Pack
