When I teach at the college level, one of the things that I try to drum into the students is the difference between data and information.
Data is nothing more than raw facts and figures.
They've fallen into third place in the past few months, but that's only because some of the other categories are gaining in importance, certainly not because searching has become less critical. On the contrary, as the Web grows so grows the search tools. This section of Win Mill is about search engines and search directories. Other parts of Win Mill will discuss search engines in a different light, from the Webmaster's viewpoint, with an eye to getting your sited listed and listed well. But this section is designed specifically for the surfer.