Internal Revenus Service/AltaVista

[Sheryl Dwinell]

>I see the problem here. But your search was not a good one, and indicative
>of the common mistakes people make when they go to search engines and
>don't take advantage of the available syntax. 

Which I think was the point the original poster was making. Most people
probably don't make use of the advanced syntax and search options.  Of
course you can get to the IRS page easily if you do your search the most
precise way, but I would bet that the majority of people who use search
engines rarely take the time to learn all the nifty little tricks available
to them.  

>
>First, quotes are certainly necessary to do any phrase searching in
>Alta Vista.
>
>Second, a much better search would be:
>
>	+title:"Internal Revenue Service" +url:irs
>
>The results are still not the best, but do easily get you to the IRS home
>page through one of the resulting hits on the first screen.
>
>
> -- Laura Cohen
>==========================================================================
>For an interesting example of how a web page designer can flummox a search
>engine
>try the search (I used quotes and capitals but it may not be necessary!)  :
>"Internal Revenue Service"  in AltaVista.  The site at the very top of the
list
>isn't all that relevant to this search.  It's a hardcore xxx site that has
made
>creative use of Meta keywords and black text on a black background.
>
>
>--Boundary_(ID_zpdt1iwRDdkM4ukQY3OaZA)--
>