Cunningham, J.: Getting the most from Alta Vista (1996)
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- Abstract
- The number of search engines on the WWW is continuing to grow. Despite their nearly-identical appearance each has its own qualities. AltaVista indexes over 30 million web pages and processes over 16 million search requests per day. It is one of the most heavily used search engines on the Web. The indexing is entirely automatic. This is achieved through free text; no controlled vocabulary is involved. discusses simple and advanced search modes; wildcards and truncation; Boolean searching and screening; case sensitivity; and the diffculties of indexing transitory postings. AltaVista does not index sites designated as closed to search robots
