[WEB4LIB] Search Engines

[Richard Wiggins]

Here are some starting points:

http://search.msu.edu:9000/tmpl/en/help_query.html

http://search.msu.edu:9000/tmpl/en/help_query_body.html#meta

http://doc.altavista.com/help/search/faq_web.html

http://searchtools.com/

http://searchenginewatch.com/resources/index.html

/rich

------Original Message------
From: "Kelly Meier" <kelly at fidocat.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Sent: March 22, 2001 6:50:33 AM GMT
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Search Engines


Can anyone recommend URLs and or citations that describe the nuts & bolts of
how search engines work? I'm looking for specific details related to the
spidering and indexing process and their relationship to METAdata. Anything
about limitations and advantages? Pictures are always helpful:~)

Kelly
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