Search the Internet
Search Alta Vista from this page in the area provided below, or for a more in-depth look, a brief list of sites providing analysis and comparisons of some of the more widely used search tools may be of use.
Alta Vista
http://altavista.com/
Search the Web or Usenet quickly. Results are ranked based on relevancy
and include keyword-in-context annotations.
Advanced query allows for fairly sophisticated searching. For best
results and for information on criteria for ranking search results, take a
moment to read Alta Vista's
"Simple Query" help and/or
"Advanced Query" help pages.
Search Tool Comparisons
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Understanding WWW Search Tools - Jian Liu
http://www.indiana.edu/~librcsd/search/
Brief, informative comparisons of WWWW, WebCrawler, Lycos, InfoSeek Guide, Open Text, excite, Inktomi, and Alta Vista. -
Comparison of selected search tools - U.C. Berkeley
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Help/searchdetails.html
Summarizes the search and retrieval characteristics of Yahoo, Galaxy, Alta Vista, Infoseek Guide, Open Text and Lycos. -
Web Search Tools - A Comparison- H. Vernon
Leighton
http://www.winona.msus.edu/library/webind2/webind2.htm
A comparison of Alta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek, and Lycos. -
Performance of Four World Wide Web (WWW) Index Services - H. Vernon
Leighton
http://www.winona.msus.edu/library/webind.htm
A comparison of Infoseek, Lycos, Webcrawler and WWWWorm (1996).
Questions or comments?
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Last modified: Thursday September 23, 2004