Patent Document ID: 8032518
Application ID: 12554757

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of indexing documents in websites, the method comprising: on a server system having one or more processors and memory storing programs to be executed by the one or more processors: for each website of a multiplicity of websites, each website having a corresponding current crawl rate limit: crawling the respective website, in accordance with the current crawl rate limit corresponding to the respective website, to download documents from the respective website for inclusion in a database; storing crawl data associated with the crawling of the respective website; and providing, for display, a crawl rate control mechanism to a respective owner of the respective website, including providing for display to the respective owner at least a portion of the crawl data, and enabling selection of a new crawl rate limit corresponding to the respective website by the respective owner.

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Claim 10:
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , including providing, for display, resource usage statistics corresponding to resources of the respective website used during a plurality of prior crawl visits of the respective website.