ArmLink's Internet Search Page


Alta Vista

The best, but do read the manual! Put quotes around phrases.

Search: Web News 

DejaNews

Search Internet news

Yahoo

Another web searcher (not as good as Alta Vista)

Yahoo UK

Yell


BT Yellow Pages

Business type (not needed if entering company name)

Location (use UK for whole country)

Company name (not needed if entering location and type)

Demon Tools

Query at Demon Internet - useful for checking domain names etc.

FTP Search

Search for files by name on ftp servers

Translation Service

Babel Fish

To translate, type plain text or the URL of a Web page here:
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Hints

Alta Vista is best for searching the web - it is fast and easy to use, but do read the manual! When using Alta Vista put phrases in quotes and use + to insist that items appear. Use an asterisk to allow any ending. eg:
+"acorn computer*" +ipswich

DejaNews is good for searching news articles and it keeps articles for a long while.

Yahoo and Yell can also be used for searching the Web but they aren't as good as Alta Vista.

BT Yellow Pages is useful for finding UK businesses by name even if you don't know the area. It can also find all businesses in a particular category and area (just leave the company name blank and enter a category and an area).


Thanks to:
Octopus Systems
9 Randwell Close
IPSWICH IP4 5ES, UK
  Email: pskirrow@octosys.co.uk
Tel: 01473 728943
Fax: 01473 270643
for permission to use this page.

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