[WEB4LIB] Largest Web Search Coverage? (FAST)

[P. F. (Pat) Anderson]

>..or so is their claim (200 million+ URLs):
>
>http://www.alltheweb.com/

I recently did a study comparing quality of search results of
52 different search engines for specific test searches.
FAST performed *very* well, with the best overall score.
However, a word to the wise, do NOT make a typo in their
address, unless you want an unpleasant surprise.

Pat A.
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