The Internet has changed the way that we use computers, in fact, the Internet has changed the way we live. By making information of all kinds available to anyone anywhere in the world, it is safe to say that we have even become dependent on the Internet. The Internet has also caused us to change. We have become more demanding, for example. Since we can get most anything, in terms in terms of information, we want to get is fast as possible. Search engines such as Lycos and Alta Vista, have become a commercial success as a result of our desire for information.
The Internet also has a down side. It is slow. Millions of people are experimenting with the Internet and many of those people it will become an important part of their lives. The large number of people using Internet makes it a success, but at the same time, slows the Internet down, making it sometimes frustrating to use. Just as Search engines were an answer to finding information quickly, a new concept called Web spiders was an answer to retrieving information from the Internet automatically so that you do not have to do it manually, thereby speeding up the use of the information.
A Web spider is a tool that collects the information that you are interested in, from the Internet, at a time when it is most convenient for you. For example, a Web spider can pick up the news from an international news agency in the middle of the night, while you are sleeping, so that you can read the news when you wake up in the morning. Stock prices, weather forcasts, new software releases, you name it, a Web spider can get it for you, at a convenient time, and without manual intervention!
Just as the Internet has grown large and slow, most Web spiders are not cut out to be used without manual intervention. They are large, have thousands of features, and require a college degree to understand what everything means. If you are not familiar with the technical details of the Internet, you probably will not understand most of the options that they offer. The whole purpose of a Web spider is to make your life easier. It must be easy to understand, easy to install, easy to configure, and easy to use!
WebUtil is an answer to the large and slow Web spiders currently on the market. WebUtil has been designed to be easy to install, easy to configure, and very easy to use. It does not have many options, but it does have a lot of features! The power of WebUtil lies in the fact that it offers the functionality that you would expect without bothering you with the technical details of the Internet that you probably do not care to know about.
Some features, in a nutshell: