61. That would make FAST the most comprehensive search service on the Internet, albeit by a very slender margin. 62. The DejaNews search service maintains an archive of old Usenet messages that can easily be searched using key words, such as the name of a particular product. 63. The company runs a major Web portal site and the Dogpile and MetaCrawler search services. 64. The Google.com Web site has become a popular search service for consumers, but the company has been less active in the corporate search business. 65. The leading portals are run by the America Online computer network and by the Internet search service Yahoo. 66. The most popular Web-based search services employ people to do at least some of that mind reading. 67. The research so far shows that many surfers use several search services, even though Yahoo is the one that is used most often by the most people. 68. The reason the current search services consistently rank among the most popular Web sites is that many people presumably do want some winnowing. 69. The shopping area of the Yahoo search service listed a retailer in Ohio who sold an appealing microscope for children. 70. The same day, the AltaVista Internet search service announced it would limit the amount of user information made available to DoubleClick. |