Visit the Dauphin County Library System online. E-mail Dave Goudsward with your suggestions, comments and questions about Internet Update . Read some of the previous Internet Updates. This means that Google now has the means to search 500 million messages posted to newsgroups, in addition to 1.3 billion webpages. Impressive, but that still doesn't mean that Google is automatically the best place to start a search.
Different jobs require different tools , and that also applies to search engines.
If you're looking for fast facts, your best bet is an online dictionary , a statistics resource or an encyclopedia . Now, for the record, I always start with Google. But if I'm either under or overwhelmed by the results, I reassess my choice of a search tool. And I say that even though Hotbot lists my name more times.