Search Engines...WHICH IS WHICH?

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Fri, 23 Apr 1999 08:31:25 -0400

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>Free Internet Tip of the Day:
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>WHICH IS WHICH?
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> Today we continue on with the search engine discussion.
>We know that a search engine is a huge index of websites. If
>we type a few keywords into the search engine and tell it to
>go, it will look in its index and try to find the websites that
>seem most appropriate.
> There are hundreds of search engines to choose from and
>knowing which one to use can be tough. Why so many? Because
>Internet programmers figure if they can build a better search
>engine people will use it. If people use it the company that
>owns the search engine can charge money for displaying
>advertisements on it.
> The different search engines are not all the same. Some
>of them have more websites in their index than others. Some
>have more powerful search functions. Some really aren't search
>engines at all.
>
>According to Media Metrix ( http://www.relevantknowledge.com ),
>the most visited search engines for November were:
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>- yahoo.com
>- excite.com
>- lycos.com
>- infoseek.com
>- Altavista.com
>- hotbot.com
>- Snap.com
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> Don't mistake popularity for usefulness. There are times
>when one search engine will be much more valuable than another.
>
> Tomorrow we'll continue our discussion and give you tips
>about using the different search engines.
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>Web Site of the Day:
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>Visit a few search engines:
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>http://www.excite.com/
>http://www.snap.com/
>http://www.yahoo.com/
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