The extreme searcher's guide to Web search engines : a handbook for the serious searcher /
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| Author / Creator: | Hock, Randolph, 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Medford, N.J. : CyberAge Books, c1999. |
| Description: | xxiii, 212 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Web search engines. Web search engines. |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4329149 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- About the Extreme Searcher's Web Page
- Chapter 1. Search Engines in General
- A Very Brief History
- How Search Engines Are Put Together
- Components of a Typical Search Engine Home Page
- What to Realistically Expect from Web Search Engines
- Subject Matter Covered by Search Engines
- Update Frequency
- Typical Retrieval and Ranking Factors
- The Big Question: Relevance Ranking or Boolean Logic?
- Typical Advanced Search Options
- Benchmarks
- Overlap of Retrieval Between Engines
- Search Engines: Features Guide
- About the Profiles
- Chapter 2. AltaVista
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- AltaVista Simple Search
- AltaVista Advanced Search
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- AltaVista Refine
- AltaVista's Directory--LookSmart
- Summary of AltaVista
- Chapter 3. Excite
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features
- Output
- Add-ons
- Excite's Directory
- Summary of Excite
- Chapter 4. HotBot
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- HotBot's Search Features: Advanced and Home Page Versions
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- HotBot's Directory--LookSmart
- Summary of HotBot
- Chapter 5. Infoseek
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features: Home Page Version and Advanced
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- Infoseek's Directory
- Summary of Infoseek
- Chapter 6. Lycos
- Overview
- The Two Versions of Lycos
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- Lycos' Directory (Web Guides)
- Summary of Lycos
- Chapter 7. Northern Light
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- Summary of Northern Light
- Chapter 8. WebCrawler
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- WebCrawler's Directory
- Summary of WebCrawler
- Chapter 9. Yahoo!
- Overview
- What Happens Behind the Scenes
- Search Features
- Output
- Special Options
- Add-ons
- Yahoo!'s Classifications
- Summary of Yahoo!
- Chapter 10. Meta-Search Engines: All-in-One Search Pages
- Dogpile
- Inference Find
- Internet Sleuth
- MetaCrawler
- ProFusion
- SavvySearch
- Other Meta-Search Engines--Other Approaches
- Chapter 11. Other Search Engines and Further Reading
- Chapter 12. Conclusion
- Glossary
- About the Author
- Index