Searching the Internet

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By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, August 21, 2002.
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Google, AltaVista, Yahoo-There are hundreds of online search engines available these days, and almost everybody swears by their personal favorite. We'll compare these various tools and learn how they work. We'll also discuss tips on internet searching-how to get the information you want as quickly as possible. Trish's guests are James McKim, president of ISRG, Inc. www.mv.com/ipusers/jtmckim and Nancy Hanger, a writer for Byte Magazine www.byte.com and WIRED News www.wired.com.

These are the websites mentioned during the program:

INFORMATION ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES:
www.searchenginewatch.com

SEARCH ENGINES:
www.AllTheWeb.com
www.AltaVista.com
www.ask.com
www.google.com
www.yahoo.com

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