Re: Google/Froogle

[gary price <gary@RESOURCESHELF.COM>]

Chris:
Froogle has been online since December 13, 2003.

Today, Googe added a link to it on the Google homepage BUT removed a link
to the Google Directory.

This might be a good opportunity for some of you to become familiar with a
few of the impressive non-commercial web directories available online.
They include Infomine, Librarians Index to the Internet, AcademicInfo.net,
and the Resource Discovery Network.

Also, many people have been asking about a clutter-free, ad-free version of
Yahoo the Yahoo search interface. Well, it exists! In fact, you can
customize it to show only the other Yahoo databases you're interested in.

It's at:
http://search.yahoo.com

Yahoo also offers an excellent shopping database. In fact, they offer a
tool called SmartSort that allows you to change results for a few product
categories by simply moving levers. It works well.
http://shopping.yahoo.com/smartsort/

Finally, in terms of searching news, both Yahoo and a new and WONDERFUL
search tool called Topix.net search more news sources than Google News.

Yahoo News covers 7000 sources.
http://news.yahoo.com

Topix.net covers more than 6000.
http://www.topix.net

Even more impressive is the fact that Topix offers a "pre-built" pages for
over 150,000 topics including a page for every Zip Code.

I think Topix is an excellent tool for educators.


cheers,
gary

p.s. Have you seen Google Catalogs?
http://catalogs.google.com




Gary D. Price, MLIS
Librarian
Gary Price Library Research and Internet Consulting

Visit The ResourceShelf
http://www.resourceshelf.com


Quoting cv <vollmeca@milwaukee.k12.wi.us>:

> Hello....
>
> Has anyone else noticed this new addition to the Google website?  It
> lists only commercial/product sites for the term being searched. Will
> certainly help the shoppers..........:-)

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