Internet search advice -- finding and being found



Articles by Richard Seltzer: Articles by Richard Seltzer dealing with the business model of "flypaper" (creating Web pages with the purpose of being found, rather than going out with a "fly swatter" and trying to find people and information), have appeared in recent issues of his newsletter Internet-on-a-Disk and are part of his book The Social Web. From Cobb newsletter: Articles by Richard Seltzer which appeared in Internet Search Advantage (formerly known as Power Searching with AltaVista), a monthly newsletter published by The Cobb Group, a division of Ziff-Davis Related Chat Sessions -- Shortly after publication of the book, we discussed The Impact of Search Engines on Internet Business in a series of chat sessions. The edited transcripts of those sessions are available here:


Useful features no longer available at AltaVista:

Cow9 (AKA "LiveTopics", AKA "Refine") This powerful feature is no longer available through AltaVista. The project, code named "Cow9," was a collaborative effort between researchers at Digital Equipment Corporation and François Bourdoncle of Ecole des Mines de Paris, www.ensmp.fr The underlying technology has enormous potential. To get a sense for how it can be used, check the slides beginning at www.samizdat.com/script/lt1.htm and the screen-capture examples. Also see related articles:

Newsgroup search. This feature, too, is no longer available through AltaVista. The best alternative today is Google, which does not enable the same kind of precise searches. To get a sense of what you're missing (and what some new company might some day offer), check www.samizdat.com/script/av5.htm
The AltaVista Search Revolution, description of the book co-authored by Richard Seltzer

How to Find People Online, a detailed step-by-step tutorial by Richard Seltzer, available at Attenza (formerly Learnlots.com)

Top search engines:

Links to the URL submission pages of these search engines. (a major time-saver)


Top Web directories:

Other search resources:


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