Network Help Desk - October 9, 1995

©1995 Network World, Volume 12, Number 41, Page 41

Help Desk FAQ

From time to time, we answer a frequently asked question (FAQ). Here's one: What are some of the major Web searching tools?

The most popular one is Yahoo. Found at http://www.yahoo.com, Yahoo enables users to search approximately 70,000 sites, says Wayne Spivak president of SBA.NET.WEB, an Internet and Web consulting firm in Bellmore, NY.

Other major search engines include:

Lycos at http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu
Galaxy at http://www.einet.net
W3 at http://www.w3.org/hyper-text/DataSources/bySubject

Still want to know more? Then just point your Web browser at http://www.yahoo.com/Refernce/Searching_the_Web, which has links to more than 25 available Web search sites.

Also, the All-in-One Search Page is a compilation of various forms-based search tools found on the Internet at http://www.albany.net/all1search.html.