Re: Search Programs

["Jonathan Beard" jbeard@xxxxxxxx]

On Fri, 24 Jul 1998 04:38:09 +0000, Carl Distefano wrote:

> don't really know, but I'd guess that any of the major search
>engines (Alta Vista, Excite, etc.) could be readily adapted to
>search a single site. Talk to tech support people at the various
>search sites -- they'll know. Good luck.

Yes, this is fairly routine. I have been to several large sites,
including some university and corporate home pages, which use
AltaVista, which I immediately recognize because I use it as my first
choice. I think they have simply put the AltaVista search engine on
their home pages, which Digital is happy with, and modified it to the
"advanced search" mode, so that it only looks at the one site or one
set of directories. I am pretty sure that the other search engines
have similar modes and are used the same way. Why not go to some
university homepages and look for one with a "Search this entire
site" button?

Jonathan
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