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Google buys Deja.com

Google has bought Deja.com, the only search engine dedicated to Usenet searching. The Deja.com site has already been replaced by a new Google beta test site for searching newsgroup messages.

Pandia has more on Deja.com and the Usenet discussion fora.

A new look for AltaVista

AltaVista has listened to its critics. It is moving away from the portal concept, becoming a pure search site once again.

Pandia has more on the new design.

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A short and easy search tutorial

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In less than an hour you will learn how to how to choose the right search tool, how to formulate queries, the essence of advanced Boolean searching and more. Take a look!

Search the Web for Online Radio Stations

In co-operation with the TVRadio Network Pandia can offer you a brand new radio and TV search directory. You can find hundreds of online radio and TV stations from all over the world. Browse by category or country/state or explore using the search form.

Read more about searching for stations in our short introduction to Web radio.

Search engine reviews

Yahoo!, Alta Vista, Google, HotBot... Who are they, and how do they differ?

Pandia's Resource section contains short presentations of all the major search sites. You will also find reviews of the best sites and discussion forums devoted to Net exploring.

Pandia Newsfinder selected by USA Today

USA Today has chosen the Pandia Newsfinder as one of the most useful Hot Sites of the year 2000, while the Internet Scout Project has selected our news search engine for inclusion in the Scout Report (December 1, 2000).

USA Today gives a "News junkie alert", stating that "Pandia serves up a search engine that spits back headlines, summaries and links to articles from some of the best news sites on the Net."

The Scout Report comments that "all will benefit from having this nice cross-section of news resources accessible from a single point."

Visit the Newsfinder!

Q-cards for query syntax and terms

As soon as you have learned the basics of more advanced Internet searching, you realize that the search engines differ as regards syntax and query terms. Is it NOT or AND NOT? May you use a star to truncate, or maybe not?

Our handy Q-cards sum up the rules of the major search sites.

Books on Internet searching

We love the Web, but sometimes it just feels great to touch some good old fashioned paper, and to be offered more than a few short paragraphs of text.

Our topic of interest is search engines and directories; hence we have included reviews of a the best books on how to search the Internet.

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