Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 Kim, I am using Internet Explorer and I just type in my query in the url line and enter, it comes up with TONS of good stuff for me HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 My favourite search engine is www.google.com. I've downloaded their toolbar and it makes it really quick to find out if you've found a good site because you can highlight your search terms in the document you found. Kirstie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 I agree—sherlock is where it is at. Also another good one is http://www.dogpile.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 Kim, I just use the search engines that are the default ones in Internet Explorer. I think the real gift comes in knowing how to phrase the words for which you are searching. For instance, you want to be specific enough so that you don't get lots of non-topical hits, but vague enough so that it will be sure to return enough hits for you. An example would be the sizing thing. . . . when I searched for that, it took me a couple of tries before I came up with what I wanted. When I did, I just clicked through the hits until I found what I was looking for. Then I remembered that often, clothing websites, like hard copy catalogs, will often include size charts on their pages. When I'm looking for recipes, that's easy. I always put the word "recipe" in the search string, along with whatever I'm looking for as well. Like this . . . garlic shrimp recipe . . . and that generally turns up enough hits so that I can browse through and pick the one that looks the best. Hope this helps. TerryNew Stats: 168/159.75/156 (mini-goal)/ To be determined Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2001 Report Share Posted May 10, 2001 > Which is the best one to use to get all the great info you guys find all the > time Swiss Army Knife is the only search engine I need to use: http://www.mallettsbay.com/sak/ jinxie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 11, 2001 Report Share Posted May 11, 2001 My vote is for http://www.google.com/ They make jokes at work about how fast I can find things! Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2001 Report Share Posted May 15, 2001 I must have missed the question, but my favorite is altavista because it accepts boolean logic. Beth in TX Henri wrote: <<I get really good results using www.google.com. >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 15, 2001 Report Share Posted May 15, 2001 Kim: I get really good results using www.google.com. Henri /`mAq Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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