From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 6 05:26:32 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 01BC316A420 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:26:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reko.turja@liukuma.net) Received: from www.liukuma.net (www.liukuma.net [62.220.235.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7A2213C4D9 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 05:26:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reko.turja@liukuma.net) Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by www.liukuma.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB26D1CC5B for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:10:15 +0200 (EET) Received: from www.liukuma.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (www.liukuma.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id k3jy+eMZWfln for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:10:13 +0200 (EET) Received: from rivendell (c-a30471d5.019-61-68617010.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se [213.113.4.163]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ignatz@www.liukuma.net) by www.liukuma.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EAAD1CC39 for ; Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:10:13 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <006401c8687e$a5613b80$0a0aa8c0@ENDOR.SWAGMAN.ORG> From: "Reko Turja" To: References: <20080206004405.M9353@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <2BEC782D7FCA2F905539D12A@utd59514.utdallas.edu> Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2008 07:10:52 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 Subject: Re: OT: www search engines X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 05:26:32 -0000 >> what search engines, other than Google, do you find useful for >> general use? > > I have always, and continue to, used Altavista. I like the ability > to quote search terms and narrow the search to only what I'm looking > for. I use Google when I need to do "search term site:utdallas.edu" > for something, but other than that, I use Altavista. Don't know > what tracking they do, though. What Paul says... And I haven't yet seen any "Ads by Altavista" stuff in any of the sites I've visited. For what it's worth Altavista gives quite similar results as Google in general searches - and much more applicable results when using +, - and "foobar" search terms. -Reko