Discovering by Searching

I am using "recovery" and "discovery" keywords as a simple test to see if RBD pages are found. When searching for something yourself, you could try asking the holy spirit which engine to start with, and then which keywords to use. Then you are experimenting with how, to let your self be personally guided.

This is my directory of search engines. I am also now starting a RBD Directory here.

When you want to put the pieces together on the net or even your own computer:

https://www.recoverybydiscovery.com/turbostart/start.html has a great simple search shell done by a couple of young Indians from India. You can download your own free program from there for your own computer.
http://www.gogettem.com/ has a similar approach and opens pages from as many search engines as you select. Good place to start.

Directories:

http://www.LookSmart.com had RBD on their first page. I really like this one. They even list RBD.
http://www.yahoo.com had RBD on their first page, although only in the personal pages. Several messages to them over the years produced no results... Anyone have any recommendations???
http://www.hubat.com had RBD right on top. [******* 1.28.99]. They have automatic programs that make their directory. First class so far. They are my directory of choice so far.
http://www.snap.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.usaol.com/ had 20000 USA sites by State and with search.
http://www.handilinks.com/ had a lot of well organized links.
http://www.suite101.com/ had an informative and attractive site with guides. [9.7.99]
http://www.about.com/ had an informative and attractive site with guides. [9.7.99]
http://www.lii.org/ had a great starting point for librarians, because they are the Librarians' Index to the Internet.

Portals: Places that can lead anywhere, like Directories.

Search Engines:

http://www.xquick.com had some of my best results, the disadvantage is that adult services fund them. ****** [6.22.2001]
http://www.4anything.com had things like spark plugs I could not find with the other search engines. ******* [8.27.99]
http://www.alexa.com has site information and related links as you surf the web.
http://www.altavista.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.DirectHit.com had RBD on their first page. They use popularity.
http://www.excite.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.hotbot.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.Lycos.com had RBD low on their first page.
http://www.planetsearch.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.webcrawler.com had RBD on their first page.
http://search.msn.com got RBD well at top. Found others coming close to my name.
http://www.goto.com got RBD towards their top. [ 5.30.99]
http://google.com had RBD on the Top and I liked their responsive engine.

Search Programs that use other Engines:

http://www.intelliseek.com/ had free software to combine search engines. It is ad supported and had many nice features like managing bookmarks and special searches. ******
http://www.invisibleweb.com/ had a search engine to find search engines and databases.
http://www.copernic.com had free software to combine search engines. It has many other special categories that cost extra. *****
http://express.infoseek.com/ had free software to combine search engines. It has many other free special categories like movies and most other interesting categories. I use them both and it gets better all the time.. ***** Download Express by Infoseek! with RBD logo. [ 5.30.99]
http://www.webferret.com **** downloaded several free search programs for web sites, files, phone numbers, etc.

Search Engines that Use other Search Engines:

http://www.askjeeves.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.cyber411.com/ had a fast responding meta search engine. RBD was low on their list.
http://www.dogpile.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.IxQuick.com was quick. It had RBD on their first page.
http://www.MetaCrawler.com had RBD first on their first page
http://www.savvysearch.com/ found RBD on their first page. I liked it.
http://search.com got RBD on their first page. Will search by web categories.
http://www.skworm.com/ uses specialized search engines.
http://www.snap.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.northernlight.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.profusion.com had RBD on their first page.
http://www.mamma.com had RBD first, but on old prodigy URL.

Free web search from Mamma.com

Special Search Engines:

http://www.thomasregister.com/ had American manufacturers. [ 4.25.99]

Shopping Searching: As a young man I had a dream of being able to shop automatically for their best deal considering all relevant factors. This dream is coming true with the internet as the tool to make this happen. Here are some examples:

http://www.pricescan.com . I love it, especially for books, because they include the shipping cost in the total cost comparisons. [ 5.30.99]
http://www.botto ollar.com [ 5.30.99]
http://www.roboshopper.com/ [ 5.30.99]
http://www.pricewatch.com/ had computer stuff price shopping. [5.30.99]
http://shop.pepesearch.com/ [5.30.99]
http://www.comparenet.com/ [5.30.99]
http://www.addall.com/ had book searching with shipping cost. ******* [9.9.2001]
http://www.book-pricesearch.com/ had book searching without shipping cost. ****** [9.9.2001]
http://www.abebooks.com/ had used, out of print, 8400 dealers, with shipping cost on each item. ****** [9.9.2001]
http://www.bestwebbuys.com/books/ had book and shopping searching with shipping cost. ****** [9.9.2001]
http://www.bookpricecompare.com/ had book searching with inconvenient shipping cost. ***** [9.9.2001]
http://libwww.cabrillo.cc.ca.us/html/depts/books.html had good links to book information.
http://www.automallusa.com/ had autos for sale, used, selling. [5.30.99]
http://www.killerapp.com/ had computer stuff price shopping. [5.30.99]
http://www.mysimon.com/ had some comparison shopping. [5.30.99]

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