| Thousands of servers ...billions of web
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| | subheadings, and so on.Now, unless you
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| pages.... the possibility of individually
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| | have a clear idea of what you're looking
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| sifting through the WWW is null. The
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| | for, it may be difficult or impossible to
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| search engine gods cull the information
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| | use a keyword search, especially if the
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| you need from the Internet...from
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| | vocabulary of the subject is unfamiliar.
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| tracking down an elusive expert for
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| | Similarly, the concept based search of
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| communication to presenting the most
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| | Excite (instead of individual words, the
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| unconventional views on the planet. Name
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| | words that you enter into a search are
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| it and click it. Beyond all the hype
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| | grouped and attempted to determine the
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| created about the web heavens they rule,
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| | meaning) is a difficult task and yields
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| let's attempt to keep the argument
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| | inconsistent results.
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| balanced. From Google to Voice of the
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| Shuttle (for humanities research) these
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| ubiquitous gods that enrich the net, can
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| be unfair ...and do wear pitfalls. And
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| | Besides who reviews or evaluates these
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| considering the rate at which the
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| | sites for quality or authority? They are
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| Internet continues to grow, the problems
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| | simply compiled by a computer program.
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| of these gods are only exacerbated
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| | These active search engines rely on
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| further.
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| | computerized retrieval mechanisms called
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| | "spiders", "crawlers", or "robots", to
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| | visit Web sites, on a regular basis and
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| | retrieve relevant keywords to index and
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| Primarily, what you need to digest is the
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| | store in a searchable database. And from
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| fact that search engines fall short of
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| | this huge database yields often
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| Mandrake's magic mechanism! They simply
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| | unmanageable and comprehensive
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| don't create URLs out of thin air but
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| | results....results whose relevance is
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| instead send their spiders crawling
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| | determined by their computers. The
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| across those sites that have rendered
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| | irrelevant sites (high percentage of
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| prayers (and expensive offerings!) to
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| | noise, as it's called), questionable
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| them for consideration. Even when sites
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| | ranking mechanisms and poor quality
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| like Google claim to have a massive 3
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| | control may be the result of less human
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| billion web pages in its database, a
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| | involvement to weed out junk. Thought
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| large portion of the web nation is
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| | human intervention would solve all
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| invisible to these spiders. To think they
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| | probes....read on.
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| are simply ignorant of the Invisible Web.
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| This invisible web holds that content,
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| normal search engines can't index because
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| the information on many web sites is in
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| | From the very first search engine - Yahoo
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| databases that are only searchable within
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| | to about.com, Snap.com, Magellan,
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| that site. Sites like - The Internet
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| | NetGuide, Go Network, LookSmart, NBCi
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| Movie Database , - IncyWincy, the
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| | and Starting Point, all subject
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| invisible web search engine and - The
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| | directories index and review documents
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| Complete Planet that cover this area are
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| | under categories - making them more
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| perhaps the only way you can access
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| | manageable. Unlike active search engines,
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| content from that portion of the
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| | these passive or human-selected search
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| Internet, invisible to the search gods.
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| | engines like don't roam the web directly
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| Here, you don't perform a direct content
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| | and are human controlled, relying on
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| search but search for the resources that
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| | individual submissions. Perhaps the
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| may access the content. (Meaning - be
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| | easiest to use in town, but the indexing
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| sure to set aside considerable time for
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| | structure these search engines cover only
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| digging.)
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| | a small portion of the actual number of
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| | WWW sites and thus is certainly not your
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| | bet if you intend specific, narrow or
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| | complex topics. Subject designations may
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| None of the search engines indexes
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| | be arbitrary, confusing or wrong. A
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| everything on the Web (I mean none).
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| | search looks for matches only in the
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| Tried research literature on popular
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| | descriptions submitted. Never contains
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| search engines? AltaVista to Yahoo, will
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| | full text of the web they link to - you
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| list thousands of sources on education,
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| | can only search what you see titles,
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| human resource development, etc. etc. but
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| | descriptions, subject categories, etc.
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| mostly from magazines, newspapers, and
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| | Human-labor intensive process limits
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| various organizations' own Web pages,
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| | database currency, size, rate of growth
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| rather than from research journals and
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| | and timeliness. You may have to branch
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| dissertations- the main sources of
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| | through the categories repeatedly before
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| research literature. That's because most
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| | arriving at the right page. They may be
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| of the journals and dissertations are not
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| | several months behind the times because
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| yet available publicly on the Web.
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| | of the need for human organization. Try
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| Thought they'll get you all that's hosted
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| | looking for some obscure topic....chances
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| on the web? Think again.
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| | for the people that maintain the
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| | directory to have excluded those pages.
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| | Obviously, machines can blindly count
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| | keywords but they can't make common-sense
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| The Web is huge and growing
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| | judgement as humans can. But then why
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| exponentially. Simple searches, using a
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| | does human-edited directories respond
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| single word or phrase, will often yield
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| | with all this junk?!
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| thousands of "hits", most of which will
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| be irrelevant. A layman going in for a
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| piece of info to the internet has to deal
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| with a more severe issue - too much
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| | And here's about those meta search
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| information! And if you don't learn how
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| | engines. A comprehensive search on the
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| to control the information overload from
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| | entire WWW using The Big Hub, Dogpile,
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| these websites, returned by a search
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| | Highway61, Internet Sleuth or Savvysearch
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| result, roll out the red carpet for some
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| | , covering as many documents as possible
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| frustration. A very common problem
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| | may sound as good an idea as a one stop
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| results from sites that have a lot of
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| | shopping.Meta search engines do not
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| pages with similar content. For e.g., if
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| | create their own databases. They rely on
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| a discussion thread (in a forum) goes on
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| | existing active and passive search engine
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| for a hundred posts there will be a
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| | indexes to retrieve search results. And
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| hundred pages all with similar titles,
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| | the very fact that they access multiple
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| each containing a wee bit of information.
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| | keyword indexes reduces their response
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| Now instead of just one link, all hundred
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| | time. It sure does save your time by
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| of those darn pages will crop up your
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| | searching several search engines at once
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| search result, crowding out other
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| | but at the expense of redundant, unwanted
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| relevant site. Regardless of all the
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| | and overwhelming results....much more -
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| sophistication technology has brought in,
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| | important misses. The default search mode
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| many well thought-out search phrases
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| | differs from search site to search site,
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| produce list after list of irrelevant web
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| | so the same search is not always
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| pages. The typical search still requires
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| | appropriate in different search engine
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| sifting through dirt to find the gold. If
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| | software. The quality and size of the
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| you are not specific enough, you may get
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| | databases vary widely.
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| too many irrelevant hits.
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| | Weighted Search Engines like Ask Jeeves
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| As said, these search engines do not
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| | and RagingSearch allows the user to type
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| actually search the web directly but
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| | queries in plain English without advanced
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| their centralized server instead. And
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| | searching knowledge, again at the expense
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| unless this database is updated
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| | of inaccurate and undetailed searching.
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| continually to index modified, moved,
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| | Review or Ranking Sources like Argus
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| deleted or renamed documents, you will
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| | Clearinghouse ( (eblast.com) and
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| land yourself amidst broken links and
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| | Librarian's Index to the Internet
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| stale copies of web pages. So if they
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| | (lii.org). They evaluate website quality
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| inadequately handle dynamic web pages
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| | from sources they find or accept
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| whose content changes frequently, chances
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| | submissions from but cover a minimal
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| are for the information they reference to
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| | number of sites.
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| quickly go out-of-date. After they wage
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| their never ending war with over-zealous
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| promoters (spamdexers rather), where do
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| they have time to keep their databases
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| | As a webmaster, your site registration
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| current and their search algorithms
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| | with the biggest billboards in Times
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| tuned? No surprise if a perfectly
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| | Square can get you closer to bingo! for
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| worthwhile site may go unlisted!
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| | the searcher. Those who didn't even know
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| | you existed before are in your living
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| | room in New York time!
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| Similarly, many of the Web search engines
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| are undergoing rapid development and are
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| not well documented. You will have only
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| | Your URL registration is a no-brainer,
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| an approximate idea of how they are
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| | considering the generation of flocking
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| working, and unknown shortcomings may
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| | traffic to your site. Certainly a quick
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| cause them to miss desired information.
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| | and inexpensive method, yet is only a
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| Not to mention, amongst the first class
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| | component of the overall marketing
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| information, the web also houses false,
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| | strategy that in itself offers no
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| misleading, deceptive and dressed up
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| | guarantees, no instant results and
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| information actually produced by
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| | demands continued effort for the
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| charlatans. The Web itself is unstable
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| | webmaster. Commerce rules the web. Like
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| and tomorrow they may not find you the
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| | how a notable Internet caveman put it,
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| site they found you today. Well if you
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| | "Web publishers also find dealing with
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| could predict them, they would not be
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| | search engines to be a frustrating
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| god!...would they?! The syntax (word
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| | pursuit. Everybody wants their pages to
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| order and punctuation) for various types
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| | be easy for the world to find, but
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| of complex searches varies some from
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| | getting your site listed can be tough.
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| search engine to search engine, and small
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| | Search sites may take a long time to list
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| errors in the syntax can seriously
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| | your site, may never list it at all, and
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| compromise the search. For instance, try
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| | may drop it after a few months for no
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| the same phrase search on different
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| | reason. If you resubmit often, as it is
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| search engines and you'll know what I
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| | very tempting to do, you may even be
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| mean. Novices... read this line - using
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| | branded a spamdexer and barred from a
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| search engines does involve a learning
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| | search site. And as for trying to get a
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| curve. Many beginning Internet users,
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| | good ranking, forget it! You have to keep
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| because of these disadvantages, become
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| | up with all the arcane and ever-changing
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| discouraged and frustrated. Like a
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| | rules of a dozen different search
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| journalist put it, "Not showing
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| | engines, and adjust the keywords on your
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| favoritism to its business clients is
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| | pages just so...all the while fighting
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| certainly a rare virtue in these times."
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| | against the very plausible theory that in
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| Search engines have increasingly turned
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| | fact none of this stuff matters, and the
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| to two significant revenue streams. Paid
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| | search sites assign rankings at random or
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| placement: In addition to the main
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| | by whim.
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| editorial-driven search results, the
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| search engines display a second - and
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| sometimes third - listing that's usually
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| commercial in nature. The more you pay,
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| | "To make the best use of Web search
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| the higher you'll appear in the search
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| | engines--to find what you need and avoid
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| results. Paid inclusion: An advertiser or
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| | an avalanche of irrelevant hits-- pick
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| content partner pays the search engine to
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| | search engines that are well suited to
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| crawl its site and include the results in
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| | your needs. And lest you'd want to cry
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| the main editorial listing. So?...more
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| | "Ye immortal gods! where in the world are
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| likely to be in the hit list but then
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| | we?", spend a few hours becoming
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| again - no guarantees. Of course those
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| | moderately proficient with each. Each
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| refusing to favor certain devotees are
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| | works somewhat differently, most
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| industry leaders like Google that
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| | importantly in respect to how you broaden
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| publishes paid listings, but clearly
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| | or narrow a search.
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| marks them as 'Sponsored Links.'
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| | Finding the appropriate search engine for
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| The possibility of these 'for-profit'
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| | your particular information need, can be
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| search gods (which haven't yet made much
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| | frustrating. To effectively use these
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| profit) for taking fees to skew their
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| | search engines, it is important to
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| searches, can't be ruled out. But as a
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| | understand what they are, how they work,
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| searcher, the hit list you are provided
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| | and how they differ. For e.g. while using
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| with by the engine should obviously rank
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| | a meta search engine, remember that each
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| in the order of relevancy and interest.
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| | engine has its own methods of displaying
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| Search command languages can often be
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| | and ranking results. Remember, search
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| complex and confusing and the ranking
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| | strategies affect the results. If the
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| algorithm is unique to each god based on
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| | user is unaware of basic search
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| the number of occurrences of the search
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| | strategies, results may be spotty.
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| phrase in a page, if it appears in the
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| page title, or in a heading, or the URL
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| itself, or the meta tag etc. or on a
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| weighted average of a number of these
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| | Quoting Charlie Morris (the former editor
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| relevance scores. E.g. Google ( uses its
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| | of The Web developer's journal) - "Search
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| patented PageRank TM and ranks the
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| | engines and directories survive, and
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| importance of search results by examining
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| | indeed flourish, because they're all
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| the links that lead to a specific site.
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| | we've got. If you want to use the wealth
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| The more links that lead to a site, the
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| | of information that is the Web, you've
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| higher the site is ranked. Pop on
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| | got to be able to find what you want, and
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| popularity!
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| | search engines and directories are the
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|
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| | only way to do that. Getting good search
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| | results is a matter of chance. Depending
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|
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| | on what you're searching for, you may get
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| Alta Vista, HotBot, Lycos, Infoseek and
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| | a meaty list of good resources, or you
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| MSN Search use keyword indexes - fast
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| | may get page after page of irrelevant
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| access to millions of documents. The lack
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| | drivel. By laboriously refining your
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| of an index structure and poor accuracy
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| | search, and using several different
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| of the size of the WWW, will not make
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| | search engines and directories (and
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| searching any easier. Large number of
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| | especially by using appropriate specialty
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| sites indexed. Keyword searching can be
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| | directories), you can usually find what
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| difficult to get right.In reality,
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| | you need in the end."
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| however, the prevalence of a certain
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| keyword is not always in proportion to
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| the relevance of a page. Take this
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| example. A search on sari - the national
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| | Search engines are very useful, no doubt.
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| costume of India -in a popular search
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| | Right from getting a quick view of a
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| engine, returned among it's top sites,
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| | topic to finding expert contact
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| the following links:
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| | info...verily certain issues lie in their
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| | lap. Now the very reason we bother about
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| ? of the Scottish Crop research Institute
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| | these search engines so much is because
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| | they're all we've got! Though there sure
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|
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| | is a lot of room for improvement, the
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| ? -a health resort in Indonesia
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| | hour's need is to not get caught in the
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| | middle of the road. By simply
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| ? - The South Asia Regional Initiative
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| | understanding what, how and where to
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| for Energy Cooperation and Development
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| | seek, you'd spare yourself the fate of
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| | chanting that old Jewish proverb "If God
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|
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| | lived on earth, people would break his
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| | windows."
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| Pretty useful sites for someone very much
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| interested in knowing how to drape or the
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| tradition of the sari?! (Well, no prayer
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| goes unanswered...whether you like the
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| | Happy searching!Liji is a PostGraduate in
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| answer or not!) By using keywords to
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| | Software Science, with a flair for
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| determine how each page will be ranked in
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| | writing on anything under the sun. She
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| search results and not simply counting
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| | puts her dexterity to work, writing
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| the number of instances of a word on a
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| | technical articles in her areas of
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| page, search engines are attempting to
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| | interest which include Internet
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| make the rankings better by assigning
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| | programming, web design and development,
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| more weight to things like titles,
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| | ecommerce and other related issues.
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