Provider: Infoseek Corporation
Provided by the Infoseek Corporation, this free service is linked to a
much larger commercial database, but the free part is very powerful and
well worth using. It supports must (+), must not (-), phrase, and
proximity
searching, as well as relevance feedback. An Infoseek search returns a
site's URL plus a portion of the initial annotation found at the site.
Users can select "Similar Pages" next to any retrieved items to retrieve
other
items of interest. Infoseek also offers a browsable index of twelve major
subject categories, as well as an "iZone," with listings of
topical
sites in serveral categories. In addition, it allows users to search
Usenet news,
company information, email addresses, selected news items, and Web FAQ's.
Browsable index: Yes
Search capabilities: Yes
Item submission method: Robot, also takes human submissions
Editorial function: Yes
Annotated:Yes, from the page itself
FAQ: Yes, for the product, on the home page under "About Infoseek."
Yes, for the search engine, on the home page under "Huh?"