XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: warewolfmypants@shaw.ca   
      
   Inu-Yasha  wrote in news:VmWqx.181567$RR7.115606   
   @fx13.iad:   
      
   > On 7/19/2015 2:17 PM, Warewolf wrote:   
   >> And, in other news, the new Google Maps is ***GARBAGE!!!***   
   >>   
   >> *sheds a tear for how search engines like AltaVista *used* to work* T-T   
   >> *before beginning another session of Serious Sam*   
   >>   
   > I use to use Webcrawler when I was on a phone line modem.   
      
   Well, the advantage of AltaVista (before one of the programmers fucked it   
   up) was that you could use symbols to enhance your searches.   
      
   + would add words, phrases or 'grouped terms' to search for   
   - would remove sites with certain words, phrases or 'grouped terms' from   
   the search list   
   "" would group words into phrases, of course   
   () would make AltaVista search for terms grouped within 100 words of each   
   other (ie (strawberry... ...jam))   
      
   It was a very efficient system until someone bungled it and I don't believe   
   that anyone has matched or surpassed this method since.   
      
   (If someone has, please let me know)   
      
   *goes back to playing Trails in the Sky (or trying to)*   
      
   Bad intro, Falcom. Very bad intro.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)