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S Roby wrote:
> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
> links to online retailers.

> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

I use google... but I refine my searches somewhat... check out some of
the google hacks sites, ways to refine searches etc, there are a heap of
ways to do things like that.

ummm, msn's beta search is looking promising.

S Roby wrote:
> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
> links to online retailers.

> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

I use google... but I refine my searches somewhat... check out some of
the google hacks sites, ways to refine searches etc, there are a heap of
ways to do things like that.

ummm, msn's beta search is looking promising.

le (S Roby) wrote in news:UZpAd.3415$mo2.175407
@news.xtra.co.nz:

> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
> links to online retailers.
>
> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???


I use the jux2 plugin for firefox. I have also used vivisimo.
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Ciao, Dave

le (S Roby) wrote in news:UZpAd.3415$mo2.175407
@news.xtra.co.nz:

> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
> links to online retailers.
>
> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???


I use the jux2 plugin for firefox. I have also used vivisimo.
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Ciao, Dave

I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
links to online retailers.

What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote in message
news:...
>S Roby wrote:
>> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
>> links to online retailers.
>
>> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???
>
> I use google... but I refine my searches somewhat... check out some of the
> google hacks sites, ways to refine searches etc, there are a heap of ways
> to do things like that.
>

To customize your search terms, have a look here (very helpful):

http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

For example, by cleverly using the (+) and (-) operators, you can filter
most anything.

Also, I suggest you consider regularly using Google's "advanced search" page
here...

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

....which lets you standardize on certain options.

"Dave - Dave.net.nz" <> wrote in message
news:...
>S Roby wrote:
>> I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
>> links to online retailers.
>
>> What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???
>
> I use google... but I refine my searches somewhat... check out some of the
> google hacks sites, ways to refine searches etc, there are a heap of ways
> to do things like that.
>

To customize your search terms, have a look here (very helpful):

http://www.google.com/help/refinesearch.html

For example, by cleverly using the (+) and (-) operators, you can filter
most anything.

Also, I suggest you consider regularly using Google's "advanced search" page
here...

http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en

....which lets you standardize on certain options.

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:02:37 GMT, le (S Roby) wrote:

>I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
>links to online retailers.
>
>What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

Try http://www.altavista.com/

They were the leader before Google

Or you could also try Copernic as search shell.

http://www.copernic.com/

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:02:37 GMT, le (S Roby) wrote:

>I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
>links to online retailers.
>
>What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

Try http://www.altavista.com/

They were the leader before Google

Or you could also try Copernic as search shell.

http://www.copernic.com/

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 05:02:37 GMT, le (S Roby) wrote:

>I/m getting p8ssed at google searches giving mainly
>links to online retailers.
>
>What are the recommened alternatives that nz.comp'ers are using???

I think Google has gotten worse lately. Although it is still the main
search engine I use. Often other search engines will have pages that
aren't even in Google's index.

Some good ones are

Teoma http://www.teoma.com/
Alltheweb http://www.alltheweb.com/
Yahoo http://search.yahoo.com/

And Altavista http://www.altavista.com/ can come in useful at times.

Note that Alltheweb and Altavista are both ultimately owned by Yahoo,
but seem to offer different results than the Yahoo search.

Search.com is a useful meta-search engine from cnet that combines the
results of some of the popular search engines.

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cw