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zazoo
July 6th, 2001, 17:43
Mines metacrawler.com cause its fast and really good but latley it has been getting alot of advertisments:(
atlas
July 6th, 2001, 17:52
Google pretty much exclusively
Todd
July 6th, 2001, 18:11
I'll follow the trend and say Google. In the rare occurrence that Google doesn't find it I use MetaCrawler.com.
is google the only ad-free search engine? how are they getting the revenue to keep their service up? :confused:
el crapo
July 6th, 2001, 18:15
Sometimes they have ads when you search for something specific. For example, if you type in 'Host' there is an ad for featureprice.com on the right side of the page
whatevah
July 6th, 2001, 18:33
google, and ask jeeves
I'm pretty annoying at google for their image bot, though.
Bruce
July 6th, 2001, 18:35
Google
Originally posted by Todd
I'll follow the trend and say Google. In the rare occurrence that Google doesn't find it I use MetaCrawler.com.
if i dont find it on google, i search individual sites (not those that look like personal sites i.e geocities/angelfire) or web directories like dmoz.org, or even more specific ones like anipike.com
zazoo
July 6th, 2001, 19:31
wow
lots of google
Toefur
July 6th, 2001, 21:58
For most things, I use Google as well.
But, I have found, that if I am searching for something like a particularl musical group... google doesn't give me the best results. So if i'm after something like that I use Dmoz; otherwise it's google all the way!
Gayowulf
July 6th, 2001, 23:03
Yahoo, or google. occasionally metacrawler
Koolguy
July 7th, 2001, 00:11
My favorite search engine is:
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Coolin
July 7th, 2001, 00:48
I used to use all these other search engines. One day I had to search for some pictures of Japan. All the other search engines turned out useless junk. Since the project was due tomorrow, I used what I thought to be a dumb search engine, Google.
BAM! I had page after page of the right pics.
Haven't used another search engine since.
pro5ject
July 7th, 2001, 05:32
Google
WorldWarGeneral
July 7th, 2001, 06:22
Google (http://www.google.com)
Neverm1nd
July 7th, 2001, 06:33
Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com)
polestar
July 7th, 2001, 06:38
Hey I've never used google...gonna try it now though!
Usually I use use yahoo, ask.com or the *fantastic* www.ixquick.com
Even got their search box on my site! They don't have many ads and are... well... quite good.
el crapo
July 7th, 2001, 09:12
Google
cowax
July 7th, 2001, 09:50
Funny no one mentioned MSN :D
LastActionHero
July 7th, 2001, 11:06
Google (http://www.google.com)
Alltheweb (fast search) (http://www.alltheweb.com)
Dmoz (http://www.dmoz.org)
Google directory (http://directory.google.com) same as dmoz .
gyrbo
July 7th, 2001, 11:19
yahoo=powred by google(my pick). I also use altavista if I search for images.
yes, Google is the best, but altavista image search is really great.
Koolguy
July 7th, 2001, 11:35
Originally posted by cowax
Funny no one mentioned MSN :D
Because Microshaft bites the big one.
meow
July 7th, 2001, 11:39
Thanks for http://www.ixquick.com/ polestar. New to me and seems good. :)
sailorjoto
July 7th, 2001, 12:58
I use GoTo.com, Webcrawler, DogPile.com, Go.com, geocities, yahoo, lycos, and all those others ;)
Todd
July 7th, 2001, 15:14
Actually that's a great addition GoTo.com. If I'm looking for something commercial as in a specific product and it's something other then computer hardware (PriceWatch.com, PriceGrabber.com, Shopper.com, etc) then I will search at GoTo.com. It adds a little bit of authenticity to the company, as you know they're willing to pay for the traffic so it makes them more credible. Probably not the most accurate assumption but it does seem a bit more credibly then a search engine that analyzes a commercial site for keyword algorithms.
zazoo
July 7th, 2001, 20:38
didn't yahoo buy google?
el crapo
July 7th, 2001, 20:41
Originally posted by zazoo
didn't yahoo buy google?
No, they just use them for the search. They used to use Inktomi or something like that.......
Google too.
When did this company pop up anyway? I used to use Yahoo... I first heard of Google there, when Yahoo started using Google instead of that Inktomi whatever-it's-called.
zazoo
July 8th, 2001, 12:32
googles pretty funny it has the simplest layout I've ever seen on a site that populare
its like just a picture and a search box on there front page
Originally posted by zazoo
googles pretty funny it has the simplest layout I've ever seen on a site that populare
its like just a picture and a search box on there front page
imagine what would happen if it strived for HTML 1.0 compliancy? :D
Coolin
July 8th, 2001, 15:05
Google started out as a project from Stanford University and quickly gained credibility as the best search engine on the web.
MaGiCSuN
July 8th, 2001, 15:13
mines are google (wooow, that's a miracle!! LoL) and altavista.com
i only use altavista.com for searching at pictures from stars :D (stars like ricky martin etc etc for my website...)
YUPAPA
July 8th, 2001, 15:20
Does anyone know if you go to www.google.com, and search for 'YuPaPa', you can find my site! :)
Originally posted by YUPAPA
Does anyone know if you go to www.google.com, and search for 'YuPaPa', you can find my site! :)
and if you search for ZCat, you can find a lot of *nix manual sites... :o
Koolguy
July 8th, 2001, 16:18
hehe http://www.metaspy.com, its funny at night :D
Coolin
July 8th, 2001, 17:23
If you go to google and search for my name... You get pages with my name on it!
Gayowulf
July 8th, 2001, 20:21
If you search for mine you get a lot of wierd shi*
Bruce
July 8th, 2001, 20:42
If yousearch for phrozen then you'll find a lot of cracks and serials sites.
zazoo
July 8th, 2001, 21:09
Originally posted by YUPAPA
Does anyone know if you go to www.google.com, and search for 'YuPaPa', you can find my site! :)
your site isn't even first on the list!
thats not good at all considering your web name is yupapa
contact me on ICQ or PM me ill tell ya how to make it rank alot higher ;)
zazoo
July 8th, 2001, 21:15
Ba, I'll post it right here, this is what it recomends for the phrase web hosting
do all this stuff and you should do a bit better on search engins ;)
A keyword frequency of 1 is suggested for the Title area. Your frequency is 0.0 right now so you might consider increasing your Keyword count in the Title.
A word count from 5 to 7 is suggested for the Title area. Your word count is 1 right now so you might consider increasing your word count in the Title.
A keyword prominence of at least 57% is suggested for the Title area. Your prominence is 0.0% right now so you might consider increasing your prominence in the Title.
A keyword frequency from 1 to 10 is suggested for the Link Text area. Your frequency is 0.0 right now so you might consider increasing your Keyword count in the Link Text.
A keyword prominence of at least 56% is suggested for the Link Text area. Your prominence is 0.0% right now so you might consider increasing your prominence in the Link Text.
A keyword frequency from 1 to 8 is suggested for the Hyperlink Url area. Your frequency is 0.0 right now so you might consider increasing your Keyword count in the Hyperlink Url.
A keyword frequency from 1 to 3 is suggested for the Alt area. Your frequency is 0.0 right now so you might consider increasing your Keyword count in the Alt.
A word count from 1 to 31 is suggested for the Alt area. Your word count is 0 right now so you might consider increasing your word count in the Alt.
A keyword prominence of at least 63% is suggested for the Alt area. Your prominence is 0.0% right now so you might consider increasing your prominence in the Alt.
A keyword frequency from 1 to 10 is suggested for the Body Text area. Your frequency is 0.0 right now so you might consider increasing your Keyword count in the Body Text.
A word count from 354 to 541 is suggested for the Body Text area. Your word count is 0 right now so you might consider increasing your word count in the Body Text.
A keyword prominence of at least 44% is suggested for the Body Text area. Your prominence is 0.0% right now so you might consider increasing your prominence in the Body Text.
A total frequency from 5 to 32 is suggested for the page as a whole. Your total frequency is 3.5 now, so you might consider increasing your frequency count.
A total word count from 463 to 619 is suggested for the page as a whole. Your total word count is 30 now, so you might consider increasing your word count.
Note: Google may penalize for having too many Keywords. That's why some areas may recommend zero Keywords. These recommendations are based on the average frequencies for pages ranking in the top 5 for a variety of Keywords.
;)
LastActionHero
July 9th, 2001, 00:31
If you search for my name, the first result you will get is my ICQ contact page!
Coolin
July 9th, 2001, 00:38
If you search for Coolin you get all this stuff about a town somewhere in the US called Coolin.
Originally posted by zazoo
googles pretty funny it has the simplest layout I've ever seen on a site that populare
its like just a picture and a search box on there front page
Simplicity does the trick.
Woah! Try searching for the word "LeX"....
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. Traditional Catholic Web
Site on the Roman Liturgy. "God is spirit ...
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??! :eek:
and the category: Sports > Wrestling > Professional > Wrestlers > Lex Luger
I don't believe this... I used a women's name!! :mad: :D
gyrbo
July 9th, 2001, 07:27
Try searching for my name, the first result is my first real homepage!
zazoo
July 9th, 2001, 10:37
Originally posted by LeX
Woah! Try searching for the word "LeX"....
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi. Traditional Catholic Web
Site on the Roman Liturgy. "God is spirit ...
?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!??! :eek:
and the category: Sports > Wrestling > Professional > Wrestlers > Lex Luger
I don't believe this... I used a women's name!! :mad: :D
theres also a lizzard with your name and hes a male lizzard so its ok
gyrbo
July 9th, 2001, 11:09
Great, LeX is a lizzard :rolleyes:
LastActionHero
July 9th, 2001, 11:46
Originally posted by gyrbo
Great, LeX is a lizzard :rolleyes:
Didn't you know that? :D
Homeygwiz
July 9th, 2001, 12:24
I use Google and Yahoo the most. I will sometimes use Altavista, Lycos, or Hotbot when getting more info on particular articles.
Do a search on Homeygwiz and you will get my website in all of them.
:eek:
I don't like trying to promote websites in Yahoo though... Most of the times I cannot get the sites on Yahoo.
:eek:
HGW - ' Promoting on Yahoo is like getting your teeth ripped out '
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