ENGL 4530 Adv. Writing for Business and Industry

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Major Search Engines

Link

Description

http://www.google.com

provides various ways to search, help with searching

http://www.altavista.com/

returns records with as many matching words as possible

http://www.excite.com

uses "conceptual technology" to search for closely related terms

http://www.hotbot.com

assumes you know how to search; let's you save "your settings" between sessions

http://go.com/

allows natural language queries; accepts modifications to found sets; provides links to related topics

http://www.lycos.com

searches web page abstracts; allows searches for non-textual material.

http://www.looksmart.com

menu driven search engine

http://www.webcrawler.
com/info.wbcrwl/

resolves searches and offers rating

http://www.yahoo.com

hierarchical organization

http://www.search.com

search engine mall

http://www.dogpile.com

searches three simultaneous sites; fetch procedure like Salton search in place

http://www.metasearch.com

another multiple search site: Yahoo, AltaVista, InfoSeek, Lycos, WebCrawler, OpenText, TradeWave

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