Altavista better than Google for genealogy searches

It seems that Altavista is much better than Google for genealogical
searches. 

A distant cousin is organising a GROWDEN family reunion, and I have a
GROWDEN
family web page, and was trying to see what there was on the family on the
web.

I entered "Growden family Growdon" (both spellings are used) in both
Google
and Altavista (http://www.altavista.com)
and Altavista returned far more
relevant results on the first page. My page dedicated to Growden family
history did not show up on the first couple of Google pages at all, but it
was
the first one on Altavista. It also appeared on the first page on Dogpile
(http://www.dogpile.com).


"Google is your friend" has become something of a cliche in genealogy
newsgroups, but it is worth remembering that it is not the only search
engine,
and for genealogical purposes it is not even the best. 




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