I've been using the internet for about ten years now and I remember the
days when you typed something into a search engine you got pretty much
what you were looking for. Yahoo was the first to go downhill with ads
and the like.

I started using Google in the late 90s because it usually didn't return
40,000 pages of online stores, it gave me some real information. But
no more. Google is just as bad as the rest. Am I doing something
wrong?

I collect knives and I wanted some information on a certain pocket
knife, a Buck 501. I typed in "Buck 501 information" and was given
several thousand places to buy a Buck 501. I don't need another one,
I've got six. I just wanted to know a little history about the knife.
But nowhere could I find anything but the specs on the steel, and those
were from store pages.

Or am I wrong to even want real information from the internet these
days? Is this what it's become, a useless global shopping mall? I
remember when the internet was about the exchange of ideas... bring the
world together... all that BS.

So am I doing something wrong, or is what I really want not out there?
Or, where is a search engine that searches for content and information
and not money?

Use Google's advanced search features. You'll notice an immediate
difference. Don't get too specific, but be specific enough to narrow
it down to just about exactly what you're looking for. I've found that
the exact phrase search works great.

ben.keever@gmail.com wrote:
internet these days?
....global shopping mall? ...is what I really want not out there?
It's there --info available is Staggering, the Human needs better
programming (!):
-immediately open > "Advanced search"
->"Use all the words": a few relevent words
then make sure to do two things:
-choose your language (this drops out Many sites)
-use > "exclude" words (--drops out all sites that won't have what
you seek)
In case you cited, for example put in: purchase retail sale store shop
shopping mall

A different way to go: click on "more" (upper right corner Google's
Home page)
scroll down to > books, reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedia,
groups

Searching for details, facts, history is one of The most fabulous
benefits of the web and there's far more material than any single
library could hold. You can find original papers written by authors,
historians who wrote original books. (For me, i.e., I can read
original clinical trials, medical research papers, details of a
Congressional Bill and technical medical dictionaries when I want to
check facts for pieces on my website. It would be HUGE hours to do
that in person.) Don't give up.
Poppy
www.cancer-politics-remedies.blogspot.com

ben.keever@gmail.com wrote:
internet these days?
....global shopping mall? ...is what I really want not out there?
It's there --info available is Staggering, the Human needs better
programming (!):
-immediately open > "Advanced search"
->"Use all the words": a few relevent words
then make sure to do two things:
-choose your language (this drops out Many sites)
-use > "exclude" words (--drops out all sites that won't have what
you seek)
In case you cited, for example put in: purchase retail sale store shop
shopping mall

A different way to go: click on "more" (upper right corner Google's
Home page)
scroll down to > books, reference books, dictionaries, encyclopedia,
groups

Searching for details, facts, history is one of The most fabulous
benefits of the web and there's far more material than any single
library could hold. You can find original papers written by authors,
historians who wrote original books. (For me, i.e., I can read
original clinical trials, medical research papers, details of a
Congressional Bill and technical medical dictionaries when I want to
check facts for pieces on my website. It would be HUGE hours to do
that in person.) Don't give up.
Poppy
www.cancer-politics-remedies.blogspot.com