[WEB4LIB] Re: Submitting websites to search engines

[Robert J. Tiess]

"Charles P. Hobbs" wrote:
>What does everyone think about Altavista?

AltaVista is the best because it is the most powerful.
Northern Light (http://www.northernlight.com) is
another major service--so many users overlook one
of its most compelling features:  the presorted folders
of topical sites on the left side of the screen, which
in turn may be searched for improved results.

But, why choose when you can have them all?  Just
use Proteus or Proteus Advanced Search:

    * http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html
    * http://www.thrall.org/proadv.html

Proteus is also a great way to see how different
search engines fare on the same search terms.  The
results are often stunning!

I recently upgraded the Advanced Search too, and
that can really help you get to a very limited set of
results, which tend to be more relevant than hits
coming from general/simple searches.  It's also
handy as you neither have to remember to + or -
or " " query terms nor need to recall the engine-
specific commands (e.g. title: in AltaVista)--although
I recommend users take the time to learn about each
search engine's strengths and unique set of options.
Links to those help pages are also available directly
via Proteus.

Robert

rjtiess at warwick.net
http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess