infoseek guide

Provider: Infoseek Corporation
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?"

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.


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