XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: warewolfmypants@shaw.ca   
      
   "E. Liddell"  wrote in news:ojprx.73925   
   $EC7.60117@fx12.iad:   
      
   > On Mon, 20 Jul 2015 16:39:04 +0000, Warewolf wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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)   
   >   
   > The first three are standard and were supported by every major   
   > search engine for a while--DuckDuckGo supports them,   
      
   All right, I'll have to try that. ^_^   
      
   > and, actually, Google does too *if* you can find the sidebar link to turn   
   > on "literal" search results.   
      
   Google is useful for some things but it's been getting 'snippy' lately. -_-   
      
   I'll be switching to DuckDuckGo if they keep to their 'no tracking' claim.   
      
   > The parentheses I've never seen before.   
      
   I haven't used it in quite a while but it was helpful in finding some   
   fanfics.   
      
   I'll likely try it again later today.   
      
   > I preferred Infoseek, back in the halcyon world of ~20 years ago.   
   > My old 9600-baud modem is still floating around somewhere.   
      
   Thank goodness for high-speed internet. ^_^   
      
   (Curse the gouging ISPs, though) >_<   
      
   Signed,   
   Warewolf   
   who can only imagine what *isn't* being catalogued on most search engines   
      
   Could there be video sites beyond YouTube and Dailymotion? (O_O)   
      
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