Web Search Engines FAQS: Questions, Answers, and Issues
http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/oct01/price.htm
The October issue of Searcher magazine offers this article by Gary Price, Web searcher extraordinaire (see the October 3, 1997 Scout Report). The article, which "reviews the latest goings on in the search world and tries to provide some suggestions and tools to make you more knowledgeable and save you some time," is, as one might expect from Price, clear and detailed in its review of the latest in search engines and the like. Running down the side of the page are "Price's Priceless Tips," including Ten Things to Know about Google (AllTheWeb, Altavista, etc.) and information on new search tools. There is a wealth of useful information here. [TK]
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Internet Filters: A Public Policy Report
http://www.ncac.org/issues/internetfilters.html
This recently released report from the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) reports on their research about products and software used to filter Internet content. Over the spring and summer, NCAC's Free Expression Policy Project reviewed all of the studies and tests it could find covering the nineteen most common Internet filtering tools. This report, summarizing the review, gives a general introduction and results for each of the nineteen products as well as a bibliography and appendices covering blocked sites by subject and blocking categories. In the main, NCAC finds that the technology used in blocking is too indiscriminate because of its dependance, to at least some degree, on mechanized means of filtering. NCAC suggests that "Ultimately, less censorial approaches such as media literacy, sexuality education, and Internet acceptable-use training may be better policy choices than Internet filters." [TK]
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About.com Closed Guide Relocation Directory and Assistance Links
http://www.ericward.com/guidehelp/relocationdirectory.html
As some of our readers may know, About.com has discontinued more than 300 of its sites, sites that functioned as guides to particular topics, maintained by individuals. This page is designed to help editors relocate their pages and users find the pages that have moved. [TK]
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