All the recent discussion about search engines seemed to be a good time to launch a more detailed post. This is in hopes that the information here will help the folks newer to the web and give those who have experience in specialized searches a chance to share their favorites. A definition of search engine and a basic overview of how they work can be found
here.
A person can't bring up any other search engines without first mentioning this site's syntax SE: it's the little field up in the right hand corner with the "search" button and magnifying glass.
Here are the instruction on how it may be used. (there is a wealth of information in the posts from many different folks here). Wild cards, a character standing in for a single letter or a group of characters, may be used if spelling is an issue. Ours is an asterisk (*). Hence, a search for M*llons could theoretically yeild Morgellons, Mergallnons, Morjellons, etc.
Allsearchengines.com is one site that lists a good number of SE's. Many of the more specialized sites have broken links (SEs come and go). Hog search is a heavily commercialized site, but others
listed here provide some interesting results.
Here's a site TCM mentions that's a very nice compilation of Morgellons related information:
http://www.morgellons-disease-resear...17412#msg17412.
There are other references to be found too (help, anyone?).
As one last mention, all that glitters is not gold.
Whois can sometimes provide some clues as to site origin. You can
click here for the University of Washington's suggestions about evaluating an author's credibility.
By the way, if anyone's interested in why google became so popular,it might be because it was one of the first engines not dependent on Meta Tags:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google
Happy hunting
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