- PART I: SEARCH BASICS
- CHAPTER 1, Search Engines and How They Work
- CHAPTER 2, Unique Keywords
- CHAPTER 3, Basic Search Tools
- CHAPTER 4, Tips and Techinques
- PART II: THE BIG SIX SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 5, AltaVista
- CHAPTER 6, Google
- CHAPTER 7, HotBot
- CHAPTER 8, Lycos
Developed in 1994 at Carnegie Mellon Univ by Micheal "fuzzy" Mauldin, now owned by Terra Lycos, a Spanish company.
The Lycos spider is still used to building certain specialty databases, but the site is now powered by the FAST search engine.
The Lycos web directory also uses the Open Directory Project and owns HotBot and matchmaker.com qoute.com whowhere.comMauldin's Lazy Toad Ranch web site , about internet history is at lazytd.com.
The FAST computer is available directly at alltheweb.com.
LycosZone.com is a specialized area for kids.Lycos, Inc.
Walttham, Mass.
781-370-2700
www.lycos.com or www.lycospro.lycos.com for the advanced search site.-
THE LYCOS HOME PAGE
Basic search form does a AND search by default.
Advanced search option drop down menu allows you
to do a AND, OR, or Phrase search. Radio buttons and
fill in the blanks allows you to limit your search. Content for
15 catagories, Page Field to focus on page titles or
web addresses, domain name. Language if other than
english. Link Referrals to find all the web pages that link
to a specific site. Web Directory, uses the
Open Directory Project like hotbot but lycos makes
you work for the info.
Other Search related tools - SEARCHING WITH LYCOS
To enter a basic search query: use the plus sigh directly
in front of the words for a "all the words" in your query.
To do a OR search or "any of the words" enclose them
in qoutes Use a minus sign directly in front of the words
you want to exclude.
To view your search results: table 8.1 the basic search quick reference guide - USING ADVANCED SEARCH
Lycos says that boolean opreators can be used, they do not work. Advanced search is usable for looking for types of information, words in a web page URL's, limiting to a language, or finding web pages that link to a specific site. table 8.2 is the advanced search quick reference guide - CUSTOMIZING LYCOS
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THE LYCOS HOME PAGE
- CHAPTER 9, Northern Light
- CHAPTER 10,Yahoo
- PART III: OTHER GENERAL-PURPOSE SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 11, AOL Search
- CHAPTER 12, Excite
- CHAPTER 13, MSN Search
- CHAPTER 14, NetscapeSearch
- PART IV: SPECIALIZED SEARCH ENGINES
- CHAPTER 15, Deja for Newsgroups Searches
- CHAPTER 16, Topica for Mailing list Searches
- CHAPTER 17, Argus Clearing House
- CHAPTER 18, Infospace People-finding Tools
- CHAPTER 19, Zip2 for Business Searches
- CHAPTER 20, Other Search Tools from A to Z
- APPENDIX A: SEARCH ENGINES QUICK REFERENCE
- APPENDIX B: INTERNET DOMAINS and COUNTRY CODES
- APPENDIX C: USENET NEWSGROUP HIERARCHIES
- APPENDIX D: WEB SEARCHER'S TOOLKIT
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