Search Engines for the World Wide Web (Visual Quickstart Guide) (Paperback)

Search engines are the keys that unlock the information treasure houses of the Internet. Unfortunately, most people have no idea how to tap their power. Like software applications, each search engine has its own unique features. People who know how to use these features are able to focus their searches more sharply and are more likely to find the information they want. Each search engine also has its strengths and weaknesses. It is important to select the right search engine for the job.

Users can learn about the relative strengths and weaknesses by spending a great deal of time with each engine, or they can simply buy Search Engines for the World Wide Web, 2nd Edition: Visual QuickStart Guide for clear, step-by-step, up-to-date chapters on each of the most popular Web search engines: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, InfoSeek, Lycos, WebCrawler, and Yahoo! It also shows the reader how to quickly find particular people or companies via other search tools such as Four11, BigBook, and Big Yellow.

This book is part of Peachpit Press's popular Visual QuickStart Guide series, where the emphasis is on quick, step-by-step, easy- to-follow instructions with lots of accompanying screen shots to guide you on your way. As you can see from the Table of Contents, it covers not only the leading search engines, but also 30 *other*, more specialized search engines, like CNet's Shareware.com and the Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition:

Table of Contents

Part 1: Getting Comfortable with Search Basics

Chapter 1 Search Engines and How they Work
Chapter 2 Unique Keywords
Chapter 3 Basic Search Tools
Chapter 4 Tips and Techniques

Part 2: Using the Leading Search Engines

Chapter 5 AltaVista
Chapter 6 Excite
Chapter 7 HotBot
Chapter 8 Infoseek
Chapter 9 Lycos
Chapter 10 Yahoo!

Part 3 Using Specialized Search Engines

Chapter 11 Searching Newsgroups with Deja News
Chapter 12 Searching Mailing Lists with Liszt
Chapter 13 Searching Subject Guides with Argus Clearinghouse
Chapter 14 Searching for People with Four11
Chapter 15 Searching for Businesses with Zip2 Yellow Pages
Chapter 16 Searching for Everything from Authors to ZipCodes

Appendix A Search Engine Quick Reference
Appendix B Internet Domains and Country Codes
Appendix C Usenet Newsgroup Hierarchies
Appendix D The Web Searcher's Toolkit

Index

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