Re: [IRCA] Search machines on the Internet

[Michael Hawkins <downsized99@xxxxxxxxx>]

Tim,

 

You're right that you can get rid of a lot of the chaff by filtering out the things you don't want.  The problem is that there's way too many things you don't want and very little that you do.  The criteria entry box is limited in the number of characters it will acceptIn Charley's case, I would start by using:

 

"Charles Taylor" Greenville

 

You would get some extras on here because "Greenville" would be a term all by itself along with his name.  And this would obviously not catch "Charles A. Taylor" because the middle part wasn't part of the search string.  The best thing is to be as precise as possible, and back off on the precision one little bit at a time.  I can usually find exactly what I'm looking for.

 

Google is one of the more precise search engines out there.  Dogpile has always been a decent one too.  There are others that will spew volumes of hooey at you as if that was what you wanted.  The trick would be to build a context-driven engine but the analytics would take too much time to run for most people who basically want it all and want it now.

 

Mike

Tim Hall <timhall1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi Charlie,

Here are two quick tips:

The first tip would be to use quote marks around words that should
appear together:

Charles Taylor = 80,100,000 matches (any page that has "Charles" and "Taylor")
"Charles Taylor" = 4,300,000 matches (must include the phrase "Charles Taylor")

The second tip would be to use minus sign to screen out things you
know you don't want (kind of like using a loop antenna to null out a
pest). Since a lot of sites would probably mention Charles Taylor,
president of Liberia, you might try:

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia = 1,980,000 matches

Now I see a lot of references to the Charles Taylor Prize, and a
Professor Charles Taylor of Harvard. So...

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard = 1,420,000 matches

and screening out the congressman:

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard -Congress = 1,170,000 matches

and the philosopher (assuming that isn't you, hi!):

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard -Congress -Philosophy
-Philosopher = 927,000 matches

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard -Congress -Congressman
-Philosophy -Philosopher "North Carolina" -Representative gets it
down to 27,400

and zooming in a bit more:

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard -Congressman -Congress
-Philosophy -Philosopher "North Carolina" -Representative DX = 67
matches

"Charles Taylor" -Liberia -Prize -Harvard -Congressman -Congress
-Philosophy -Philosopher "North Carolina" -Representative DXer = 2
matches

73, Tim


On 3/23/06, Doug Pifer - KE6GMM wrote:
> Thanks Bill and Steve,
> Charles! Did you get this??
>
> I'll check these out.
> 73- Doug
>
>
>
> Hi Charles and Doug
>
> They do have a book on Google! The name is "Google for Dummies." Here is a
> link for the book.
>
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764544209/002-5884593-7754461?v=glance&n=283155
>
>
> Bill Block
> Prescott Valley, AZ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Amdxmail@xxxxxxx
> To: irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] Search machines on the Internet
>
>
>
> If you're in the US, go to Zabasearch dot com and type in your own name
> and address. You may be rewarded with the month and year of your birth!
>
> Go to Google, choose "local", type in your address, click "satellite".
> You'll get an aerial view of your house!
>
> Steve Francis
> Alcoa, Tennessee
>
>

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