29 Mar
2004
29 Mar
'04
4 a.m.
I found that spending a little time learning Google's advanced search and
figuring out some of the special features documented here
http://www.google.com/help/index.html was worth the investment and I get
good results most of the time. I love the thing. --Patrick
Favorite search: "<chip ident, e.g. 74LS244> DC characteristics
filetype:pdf" (usually produces a PDF data sheet for the specified chip in
the first 20 results, or close enough that you can tweak to it with 1 or 2
more searches)
Other favorite use: Google calculator (previous discussed), try "0x4ef3 + 43
in octal"
Disclaimer: I am not a shareholder. :-)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Brian Mahoney
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 9:41 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: anybody know of GOOD serach engine?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe R." <rigdonj(a)cfl.rr.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:29 AM
Subject: anybody know of GOOD serach engine?
Does anyone know of a good internet search
engine? I've been using
Google but they have gotten LOUSY in the last couple of months since
they've decided to sell the "right" to companies to be first in their
search results. It's gotten so bad that I can no longer find
anything with
their searchs except ads for totally unrelated
items.
Joe
"Google does not sell placement within the results themselves
(i.e., no one
can buy a higher PageRank)." - copied from google site :
http://www.google.ca/technology/index.html
March 29/2004
- keywords are within the results themselves. They do sell rights
to the ads
that popup to the right and above the search results but none of
the search
result placements can be bought.