OT search engines part 1/2
- To: perennials@mallorn.com, perennials-digest@mallorn.com
- Subject: OT search engines part 1/2
- From: t*@linkfast.net (Leslie L. Smith)
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 23:55:11 -0600
Well I don't know if my server is down or what.. but its midnight & I am
beat will find the other in the AM this should get you all started. so
sorry.
Really?? Okay let me take a peek ... I almost never have to go further than
these two:
http://www.askjeeves.com/
*Smart Answers Fast*
this has internal and external searches.
just now I asked about gardening: one keyword... no discription ( you can
also ask things like is it raining in Seattle.) I got a fair amount of
possiblities but I like the way they are arranged with those little
expanding bars... so the answer page is only a page or so long not miles of
loading the next 25 hits.
Example:
You asked: gardening
I know the answers to these questions. Please click the button next to
the best one.
Where can I find helpful information and tips for______ gardening?
Where can I find information for starting _______ seeds?
Where can I get tips on planting the vegetable _________?
Where can I find information about the houseplant-__________?
Where can I find houseplant advice for ___________ ?
sometimes i pass on these other times I look at them its easy with those
expanding bars
I have also found these links through search engines:
10 matches by AltaVista:
9 matches by Yahoo!:
8 matches by InfoSeek:
9 matches by Excite:
5 matches by WebCrawler:
7 matches by Lycos:
You can enter a new question here:
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Ask Jeeves is a Trademark of Ask Jeeves, Inc.
They do use frames but you can *break out* which if I like what Ifind I
do... ( I dislike most frames)
--leslie
Master Gardener Intern (Student), Zone 7a low of 9F this year in not yet
Humid Cullman, Alabama.
"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."
- Cicero
"If life is a process of discovering who we are, Y2K is when we find out."
Tom Atlee, President, Co-Intelligence Institute
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