SB: fly ash articles and search engine efficacy

["Richard McCabe" <rmccabe@alumni.princeton.edu>]

>
> .I use www.LYCOS.com
> specifically for WORDS, works so much better than google or standard
> crawlers.
>
> Ms. Charmaine  Taylor/ Taylor Publishing
> http://www.dirtcheapbuilder.com
> http://www.papercrete.com
> PO Box 375, Cutten CA 95534
> books@dirtcheapbuilder.com
> 707-441-1632

Charmaine,

Great research, although I am still a little disinclined to use fly ash
because of toxicity issues. But I am more curious about your reasons for
recommending lycos for research purposes. When I discovered that Google was
able to search and list pdf files, I jumped on the bandwagon.  Most of the
good, technical information (published studies) are in pdf format.  When I
searched using both engines, here were the results:

+flyash +research
Google: 3880
Lycos: 3812

+flyash +research +pdf
Google: 1330
Lycos: 187

These results make Google look like the better choice.  Do you have
information that I am missing in this simple test?

Richard


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