Configuring Advanced Web Search

Advanced Web Search has more options to customize your research process.

Basic Settings

Limit

What it does: Number of Google search results to retrieve

• Range: 10 to 100 results
• Default: 10 results
• Recommendation: Use 10-20 for most research tasks

Additional Search Terms (Optional)

What it does: Same as Standard Web Search - refines your search

Examples:

• site:edu - Only search educational institutions
• filetype:pdf - Find PDF documents
• 2024..2025 - Search within a date range

Web Scraping Settings

These options appear when you enable page scraping.

Scrape Result Pages

What it does: Downloads and analyzes the full content of search result pages

• Default: Off (disabled)
• When to enable: When you need more than just search result snippets
• Impact: Makes searches slower but provides deeper information

Maximum Scraped Pages

What it does: Limits how many pages to scrape (only visible when scraping is enabled)

• Range: 1 to 100 pages
• Default: 5 pages
• Recommendation: Use 5-10 pages for balance between depth and speed
• Important: More pages = slower search, but more comprehensive results

Matches Per Scraped Page

What it does: How many relevant sections to extract from each scraped page

• Range: 1 to 20 sections
• Default: 3 sections
• Recommendation: Start with 3, increase if you need more detail
• Impact: Higher numbers provide more context but slower processing

Summarization Settings

These options appear when both scraping and summarization are enabled.

Summarize Scraped Pages?

What it does: Uses AI to create concise summaries of scraped content

• Default: On (enabled) when scraping is enabled
• Benefit: Reduces information overload and focuses on relevant details
• Recommendation: Keep this enabled for most research tasks

Model Name

What it does: Selects which AI model to use for summarization (required when summarization is enabled)

• Options: Dropdown shows all available AI models
• Recommendation: Choose a model that balances speed and quality for your needs

Temperature

What it does: Controls how creative vs. focused the summaries are

• Range: 0 to 1
• Default: 0.3
• Lower values (0-0.3): More focused, factual summaries
• Higher values (0.7-1.0): More creative, varied summaries
• Recommendation: Keep at 0.3 for research tasks requiring accuracy

Configuration examples for different use cases

Quick research (fast, less detailed)

✓ Scrape Result Pages: ON
- Maximum Scraped Pages: 3
- Matches Per Scraped Page: 2
✓ Summarize Scraped Pages: ON
- Temperature: 0.3

Comprehensive research (slower, very detailed)

✓ Scrape Result Pages: ON
- Maximum Scraped Pages: 10
- Matches Per Scraped Page: 5
✓ Summarize Scraped Pages: ON
- Temperature: 0.2

Fast facts only (no scraping)

✗ Scrape Result Pages: OFF
(All other options hidden)

What you'll get back

When Advanced Web Search runs with full features enabled, you'll receive:

1. Search results with titles and links
2. Original snippets from Google
3. Extracted sections from scraped pages (if scraping enabled)
4. AI-generated summaries of relevant content (if summarization enabled)
5. Source citations for all information

The Teammate uses this comprehensive research to provide thorough, well-sourced answers.

Troubleshooting Advanced Web Search

Problem: Search is very slow

• Cause: Scraping too many pages or extracting too many matches
• Solution: Reduce "Maximum Scraped Pages" to 5 or fewer, or reduce "Matches Per Scraped Page" to 2-3

Problem: Getting too much information

• Cause: Too many matches per page or too many pages being scraped
• Solution: Lower the "Matches Per Scraped Page" setting, or enable "Summarize Scraped Pages" if it's off

Problem: Summaries are too creative or off-topic

• Cause: Temperature setting is too high
• Solution: Lower the Temperature to 0.2-0.3 for more focused summaries

Problem: Not enough detail in results

• Cause: Not enough pages being scraped or not enough matches extracted
• Solution: Increase "Maximum Scraped Pages" or "Matches Per Scraped Page" settings

Problem: Search fails with an error

• Cause: Network timeout or API issue
• Solution: Try again, or reduce the scope of your search (fewer pages, fewer matches)

Updated on: 03/11/2025