Welcome to Ray Merry's
Search Engines and Hot Links Page
This page was started 11/26/95. The Search Engines have tips about what each service
does and does not do. This makes it a good starting point for beginners trying to find
information. Our Trade Links, specialize in local businesses and have links to others in the
Metaphysics, and Amusement Provider Trades. If you would like to be
listed send us an email with your address a brief description of your site and permission
to link to you. We would appreciate anyone adding links to us in their home pages. Contact
us at service@raymerry.com
Ray Merry
LIVEN UP YOUR WEB SITE WITH the WEB ENERGIZER
Online stories and other
information delivered to your site keep it new and changing, keeps people coming back!
A hotlink is a place in the page you can click
on to be taken to another page or website. We have a page full of these
called Great Links
Search Engines and Directory Services
These Computers will help you find sites and information on the Internet. Select the
one you want to search with!
My Favorite Search Utility is webferret from ferretsoft http://www.ferretsoft.com/netferret/index.html
This software allows you to put in simple or sophisticated search strings and
goes to all the major search engines for you! The basic software is
free. Just go there and choose the free download, then install it.
If you want to do it the hard way here are some individual engines you can
go to:
Starting Point This place is where you start your
searches, it in turn links to other more specific types of searches.
www.hotbot.com Basic search engine.
Info Seek A place to get information on the web,
not just web sites.
Yahoo Internet Directory Information by categories
WEB Crawler ..automatic indexer of web sites, once
notified of your site, WebCrawler is strictly a spider; it retrieves and indexes the text
of your web page.
Google of course is the most popular of
search engines, but often I use Yahoo instead, each has its own strengths.
GTE Yellow Pages Directory of U.S. yellow page
listings. Searchable by Category, Business Name, City, State, Zip, Phone, Keyword. Returns
Business Name, Address and Phone Number. No Email addresses or Web Pages, but a good way
to find businesses to phone, mail, or then look up.
WebDirect! TM is a global business directory
easily and quickly searchable by over 3000 yellow page headings and doesn't required a
website to be listed. (Free listing, link, website not required; many enhancement options
available for free.) Unfortunately it does not allow any refinements in the search and
thus is pitiful. For Example Searching for Employment Agencies brings up 933 listings, and
there is no way to further limit the search by city, state, etc. You must then browse
through all 933 listings to find the one you want!
AAA Matilda is a service for announcing new URLs
With over 15 Million Audited Hits each year. Your website will be listed for 21 days after
which you may choose to pay for a full year. AAA Matilda also offers a Free full twelve
month listing, provided you are a non profit organization and you place a link to them
somewhere on your site.
Great for looking up businesses on the net you know the name or type of
BIG Book
Great for looking up businesses and 800 numbers!
YPO.COM The Yellow Pages Online business directory can be
searched by keyword, company name, or associated brand name. See Yellow Pages Online for
paid upgrade options to your listing
People Find: http://www.stpt.com/features/people/people.html
Great place to find people.
Listings of New Web Sites: What's New Too! http://newtoo.manifest.com/
Other Web Information Sources:
REGISTER YOUR WEB SITE
Submit your web site free to 34 Sites at http://www.addme.com/
If you have a business web site this is one way to get it registered with 34 sites free
and easy. There are over 200 sites at the present to register with, but services which
register on all these cost money.
Great Place for Lots of Software:
Shareware Software (tucows.com)
Business on the Net Info
Here are some sights with good articles on internet commerce
Internet Commerce
Need a Job or an Employee???
Press for High Tech Jobs
Local Sites
These are some other internet sites in the Fort Lauderdale, FL Area.
Press for CMark Associates
Press for City of Ft. Lauderdale Info
Press for Ft. Lauderdale EMail
White Pages.
Press for Ft. Lauderdale Information of
all Types
Press for United Parts... Auto Parts to Brazil, and
other Latin American Countries
Another Full Page of Excellent Sites and Reference Sites
press the appropriate highlighted text or navigate below.
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