Re: Altavista better than Google for genealogy searches

Gene Y. wrote:

> Google toolbar is NOT a search engine.  It is an interface that adds 
> more features to the ONLINE search engine.

Google Toolbar is part of the search engine. The definition of a search 
engine includes people to search it. Don't tell me you think that a 
search engine can exist without anyone or anything searching it !
You can call it an engine if you like.

http://www.google.com/sup****t/toolbar/bin/static.py?page=features.html&hl=en&v=4

"Enhanced Search Box
As you type a search query into the new Toolbar's search box, you'll see 
a list of useful suggestions based on popular Google searches, spelling 
corrections and your own Toolbar search history and bookmarks. You can 
also click the "G" icon in the search box to search different Google 
sites, the current site, or sites for which you've installed custom 
search buttons."

As an analogy, try a telescope.  Say I add a piece of software to the 
telescope that lets users look through the telescope at home, then by 
your logic, they are not actually using the telescope ?

Jonathan M.