What had been a well-ordered, if undisciplined, ruckus of zines, holochannels, SIGs and forums had become a rowdy babel, a torrent of confusion and comment, made worse because, in order to be noticed, each user now sent out countless copies of his messages toward any node that might conceivably listen. Click on any of the links in the box on the left to connect to a search engine. With millions of pages online and growing at an exponential rate, the Web is not an easy medium to master.
Some estimates are that the Web doubles in size every four months.
When you visit a search engine you are using that index to find sites that match your keywords. Some search engines set up their data under headings or categories like Business or Entertainment or Education. Some search the entire text of each page, some note only the most popular addresses. You will receive different results with different search engines. To get good results, you have to use language that the machine understands so be sure to check the online help at each site before you submit your query.