local.htm: How to search the web, by me

~ Local search engines ~

				Local

So-called "local" search engines are extremely important to fetch info. Freepages providers, counters and stats applications all have finalized search engines that you can use at leisure.

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Dejavue

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Dejavue Searchstring
http://www.deja.com/qs.xp?OP=dnquery.xp&ST=MS&DBS=2&QRY=%22how+to+search%22&x=38&y=8

Erolinx

Don't underestimate smut-search engines as learning tools! Go to the Webmasters / chatboard & lounges part of this smut search engine in order to learn how these idiots are trapping lusers to their ads-infernos...

Fortunecity

Fortunecity is a collection of free pages, launched in November 1996, transformed from a UK-based (London) company into a full-fledged international operator with main strongholds in UK, Sweden and Germany. Bought recently France's Citeweb. 3,5 million sites, growing.

Fortunecity Searchstring
http://www2.fortunecity.com/apps/Search/Search?searchterms=%22how+to+search%22&searchtype=fc%3AFC_index

Geocities

http://www.geocities.com/cgi-bin/search/isearch

The search engine is an Inktomi-type. Geocities pages are often used as 'repositories' for files you may be searching for (often with faked endings to avoid sysads snooping): mp3 files abound.

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