Web Spiders Results
This is the table of results from using the
spiders for a sample
keyword search.
| Spider | Search Command | Output | Comments | Grade |
|---|
| Alta Vista |
Advanced Query +
"John December" NEAR "book"
AND (NOT host:rpi.edu)
AND (NOT host:loria.fr)
AND (NOT host:unc.edu)
AND (NOT host:december.com)
| over 100 documents;
false hits included the word "book" near my name.
|
Pretty easy to judge value;
| A- |
| Open Text
| power
search +
"John December" Near book But not
(rpi.edu within Web Location (URL))
But not (loria.fr within Web Location (URL))
But not (december.com within Web Location (URL))
|
28 documents;
|
seems to close to what I want
|
A- |
| Excite
| concept + "books John December wrote"; then sort by server |
approx 40 documents; many false hits |
Hard to judge relevancy from sort by server |
C+ |
keyword + "John December Book"; then sort by server |
approx 50 documents (some different from
concept search); many false hits (December) |
| NlightN |
(John December) & book |
nothing |
no match | D |
John December |
1 database index (publisher in LOC),
76 web sites, 1 bookstore title |
matches from paper publications database;
including 2 of my old poems!
ineffective for search |
| infoseek guide
| All web pages: "John December" book |
about 100 documents |
many on my server; many false hits; |
F |
| Reviewed web pages: "John December" book |
same documents! |
option not working properly |
