Anti-Porn Search Engine, PointCom

[Greg Dean Schmitz]

I discovered a new search engine today at http://www.pointcom.com called
"PointCom: the First Anti-Porn Search Engine", which says that it is
launching on September 15th, 1998.

Besides the obvious reasons this new search engine might be of interest
to libraries, I mention this for another reason.  When I attempted to
add my library's URL to this new search engine, I got a screen
describing PointCom's "advertising rates", explaining that only those
sites that pay PointCom will be listed, and that the more you pay, the
better placed your site is.

Doesn't this seems an odd way to approach a search engine, as it seems
all they're going to get are commercial sites, and not the
non-commercial sites that are often the source of useful information
like libraries, non-profit organizations, and universities?

--
Greg D. Schmitz                         | email:
schmitz at winnefox.org
Reference Librarian                     | Phone:        (920) 236-5205
Oshkosh Public Library                  | Alt. Phone:   (920) 236-5204
Oshkosh, WI 54901                       | Fax:          (920) 236-5227
http://axp.winnefox.org/www/
________________________________________________________________________