To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: How do you "search"?
References: <[email protected]>
From: Tomi Holger Engdahl 
Date: 05 Aug 1998 15:56:03 +0300
In-Reply-To: [email protected]'s message of Tue, 04 Aug 1998 01:22:41 GMT
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[email protected] writes:

> 
> I'd like to get an idea of how other people search the Web for information.
> I'm building a profile (or six) of the "web searcher".
> 
> Thanks for your response. I'll share the results with the group in a
> few days. I prefer an email reply.
> 
> 1. Roughly how many "search services" do you know about? (Search services
>    includes search engines, directories, metasearch engines, pecialized
>    services, etc.)

Around 30
 
> 2. How many "search services" do you use on a "regular" basis?

5

> 3. Which "search engine(s)" do you use on a "regular" basis?

www.altavista.digital.com
altavista.telia.com
http://www.repairfaq.org/~filipg/HTML/cgi-bin/giicm_form.html
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir/chipdir.html
My own experimental search engine
 
> 4. What features of the above engine(s) do you like best?
>
> 5. Which "search directory(s)" do you use on a "regular" basis?
> 
> 6. What features of the above directory(s) do you like best?
> 
> 7. As a percentage, how often do you go off on a tangent when your
>    are searching/browsing for specific information?
> 
> Notes: Search Engines include services that are searched such as
>        Altavista and Search Directories include services that are
>        browsed (mainly) such as Yahoo!
> 
> 
> E. Sampson
> [email protected]
> 
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