Re: Altavista better than Google for genealogy searches

Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Thu, 15 May 2008 15:04:36 +0100, Martin Brown
> <|||newspam|||@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> 
>> Commercial players all know the basic ranking tricks so if you put a 
>> place name into Google the first page will often include property in X,

>> florists in X, hotels in X and if you are really unlucky lapdancing 
>> clubs in X (never mind that X may be a hamlet with just 6 houses).
> <snip>
> 
>> It is always worth trying different search engines if you don't find 
>> things or get too much chaff with your favourite. Google and Altavista 
>> are sometimes complimentary. No one size fits all solution exists for 
>> what is at best an ambiguous search problem in a vast sea of indexed 
>> data. Judicious use of "+" and "-" with keywords helps.
> 
> Indeed one size doesn't fit all: while Google may be good for
lapdancers,
> Altavista seems better for genealogy. 
> 
> My point is that phrases like "Google is your friend" and "go and Google
for
> it" (which one often sees in genealogy forums) imply that "one size fits
all",
> yet may not be the best advice to give to genealogy newbies. 

LOL
they are a polite way of saying RTFM

Hugh W

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