Port Ludlow

Computer Club

 

June 11, 2007
Search Engines:

 

INTERNET TUTORIALS: http://www.pandia.com/resources/tutorials.html
http://www.pandia.com/goalgetter
http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/index.html
http://www.refdesk.com/newsrch.html
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156611
http://www.internettutorials.net
http://www.tilburguniversity.nl/services/library/instruction/www/onlinecourse/

FINDING SEARCH ENGINE YOU NEED FOR YOUR SEARCH:
http://www.philb.com/whichengine.htm
OR
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html

OR BETTER YET SIGN UP FOR A SEARCH ENGINE CLASS AT THIS WEB SITE:
http://websearch.about.com/c/ec/13.htm

GUESS FIRST: http://www.microsoft.com
http://www.nike.com

1. ADD QUOTATION MARKS TO SEARCH FOR PHRASES

2. ADD PLUS AND MINUES SIGNS BETWEEN WORDS

3. USE “AND” “OR” “NOT” “NEAR” TO NARROW SEARCH

4. PUT THESE WORDS: RELATED – LINK – LIKE – ALLINURL – ALLINTITLE (ALL WITH A COLON) BEFORE WORD YOU’RE SEARCHING FOR

5. USE “CTRL & F” TO FIND WHERE IN OPENED LINK SUBJECT IS MENTIONED

6. USE LOWER CASE FOR SEARCHING AS SOME SEACH ENGINES DO NOT RECOGNIZE CAPS

THIS AND MORE CAN BE FOUND AT:
http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/byfeature.shtml
OR
http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156021

SHOWS HOW TO NARROW SEARCH:
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/77advanc.htm

WORDS TO USE TO GET SIMILAR SITES – ALL HAVE A COLON AFTER WORD:
related: link: like: allinurl: allintitle: site: (ALL LOWER CASE)
IF YOU PUT A SPACE AFTER THE COLON IT REFLECTS DIFFERENT NUMBERS OF HITS: similar: tiger woods compared to similar:tiger woods
SEE THIS WEB PAGE: http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2155981

HAVE TO BE MEMBER TO VIEW SOME ASPECTS OF SITE BUT MEMBERSHIP IS FREE AND WORTH IT http://www.newbieclub.com/segoogle.php

SEARCHES SEVERAL SITES: http://www.mywebsearch.com

SHOWS MANY SEARCH ENGINES ON SAME WEB PAGE
http://www.searchallinone.com/search.html
OR
http://www.crossengine.com

CLUSTERING SEARCH ENGINES
http://www.folden.info/searchengineclustertechnology.shtml
http://www.clusty.com

http://www.a9.com
http://www.snap.com

http://vivisimo.com
NO WWW
CREATE A CUSTOMIZED SEARCH: http://www.rollyo.com

PEOPLE POWERED SEARCH: http://www.chacha.com

SEARCH FOR VIDEOS: http://www.TubeSurf.com
SEARCH FOR NEWS: http://www.pandia.com/news
SEARCH FOR LOCAL THINGS: http://tinyurl.com/2ahceb
SEARCH FOR PICTURES: http://www.ask.com/#subject:img/pg:1

GOOD TECH SUPPORT SITE: http://www.smartcomputing.com

FIND PEOPLE: http://www.whitepages.com
OR
http://www.argali.com

CAN DOWNLOAD ARGALI FREE AT: www.argali.com/download.asp

REVERSE LOOKUP: http://www.freeality.com/finde.htm
OR
REVERSE LOOK UP AND MORE: http://www.reversephonedirectory.com

DRIVING DIRECTIONS: JUST TYPE IN ADDRESS OF DESTINATION IN ADDRESS BAR

GET LOWEST PRICES ON CARS: JUST TYPE IN MODEL+PRICE COMPARISON IN ADDRESS BAR

GET LOWEST GAS PRICES: GO TO: http://www.gasbuddy.com

GOOD COOKING CALCULATOR: http://www.cooks.com/rec/convert/

GOOD CALCULATORS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE:
http://www.csgnetwork.com/converters.html

HOW STUFF WORKS:
http://www.howstuffworks.com/redesign-welcome.htm

WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

VISUAL SEARCH ENGINES: http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html
http://www.touchgraph.com/TGAmazonBrowser.html
http://www.kartoo.com
http://www.mooter.com
http://www.ujiko.com/v2a/flash.php?langue=en

PICTORAL SEARCH ENGINE: http://www.pagebull.com

VISUAL THESARUS: http://www.visualthesaurus.com/index.jsp NOT FREEWARE

NEWER STYLE OF SEARCH ENGINE:
http://imagine-windowslive.com/minisites/searchlaunch/?locale=en-us
WINDOWS LIVE SEARCH: http://www.live.com

THIS SITE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH MAKING OUT A WILL, A LIVING WILL OR A MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY http://www.legacywriter.com/3wills.asp
THIS SITE IS FOR MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY ONLY http://www.med.umich.edu/1libr/aha/umlegal02.htm

INTERNET ADDRESS SUFFIXES:
http://www.computeruser.com/resources/dictionary/get_by_category/6

END OF THE INTERNET: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm

Port Ludlow Computer Club
120 Spinnaker Place
Port Ludlow, WA 98365