Re: garden.com/ search engines

Dear all,

Many of you probably already know the RHS' Plant Finder.  I have never seen
it, but I gather that it is excellent, especially for plant sources in the UK.

I put something modestly similar for the International Bulb Society 2 years
ago, a database of sources and of the plants they offered, the "Bulb Finder."

I made an updated list of the sources from the Bulb Finder and posted it
(no plants) at:

http://garden.dmans.com/jshields/GLOVBulbs/SOURCES.html

I would like to find similar worldwide or North American "finders" for
other groups of plants.   Does any other group do that?

Jim Shields


At 12:45 AM 12/19/1999 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/18/99 8:41:40 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:
>
><<    Fewer and fewer garden sites, and others, are appearing on the search
>engines
> because we will not pay for the privilege of appearing on their engine. Many
>of
> the large search engines demand payment to show up at the top of their list
>when
> you make a search. Just that they do not tell you that you are only reaching
>those
> large enough to afford that kind of advertising. As a small business owner
>who
> likes to think he has a bone or two of honesty in his skeleton this one kind
>of
> ticks me off. >>
>
>This is quite interesting, Gene.  It is a window on an aspect of searching
>most of us are ignorant of.  Quite of a lot of searching by genus is futile.
>The advertising most commonly seen is usually that of large companies seeking
>volume.
>
>There ought to be a small nursery directory, it would be immensely helpful to
>both buyer and seller.  An example is the hippeastrum (amaryllis). The only
>bulbs that you can buy are the same dozen sold everywhere. Many species exist
>somewhere, good winter blooming plants.  Another example is the northern
>grown plant.  Being located in a cold place, I would like zone 4 nurseries.
>
>I am extending good wishes to all of our small business owners and
>encouraging all to sign with their specialty and website in the signature
>block.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>East Nassau, NY z4
>
>
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