anybody know of GOOD serach engine?

From: Scott Stevens <sastevens_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Mon Mar 29 23:26:27 2004

On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:29:58 -0800 (PST)
steve <gkicomputers_at_yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> --- Witchy <witchy_at_binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> > > [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf
> > Of Joe R.
> > > Sent: 29 March 2004 18:12
> > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic
> > Posts
> > > Subject: Re: anybody know of GOOD serach engine?
> > >
> > > >Strange. I haven't found them that bad.
> > >
> > > Have you used them lately??? This morning I
> > tried to
> > > search for a driver for the ethernet card that is
> > built into
> > > my Dell GX110 computer. I searched for "dell gx110
> > ethernet
> > > driver download" instead all I get are ads such as
> > "Buy
> >
> > I've noticed increasing adverts for unrelated things
> > to what I'm searching
> > for but it hasn't got so bad as to put me off yet.
>
>
> Its just starting to put me off, if you search for any
> specific retail item, you get tons of hits from
> companies claiming to have the specific item you're
> looking for. But when you click on the link it takes
> you to the home page of some retailer, you dig through
> all the sub catagories to find what you want and they
> either don't carry it or are out of stock.
>

The nightmare I have experienced recently is trying to get any information on older Laptops. I.e. I have taken a liking for Toshiba 2100 series 486 laptops. If you try to search Google for anything relating to them, i.e. to find out what speed processor they have in them, what video chip they use, you're deluged with Laptop Battery ads for batteries priced at 2-5 times what you paid for the laptop.
Received on Mon Mar 29 2004 - 23:26:27 BST