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<form action="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query" method="GET">
  <a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/"><b><p>Alta Vista</b></a>&nbsp; <b>R - <a
  href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/addurl.htm">Add URL</a> &nbsp; Start
  Date <input type="text" name="d0" size="12" maxlength="32" value> &nbsp; End <input
  type="text" name="d1" size="12" maxlength="32" value> e.g. 21/Mar/96</p>
  </b><p><input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> <select
  name="pg" size="1">
    <option value="q">Simple Query </option>
    <option value="aq">Advanced Query </option>
  </select> <select name="what" size="1">
    <option value="web" selected>the Web </option>
    <option value="news">Usenet </option>
  </select> <select name="fmt" size="1">
    <option value="c">Terse </option>
    <option value=".">Standard </option>
    <option value="d" selected>Verbose </option>
  </select> &nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="#review"><b>See Review Below</b></a> <input name="q"
  size="75" value> <b>Advanced Query Only: Enter words in box below to define sort order of
  documents. Documents with these words will be listed first. If blank, documents will not
  be sorted.</b> <textarea name="r" cols="68" rows="1"></textarea> </p>
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<p align="center">Stuck on Simple Query - Here's <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=h&amp;what=web">Help</a>. Advanced
Query requires use of syntax that includes AND, OR, NOT and NEAR in your expression. The
Simple Query Syntax will not work! <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=ah&amp;what=web">Advanced Query
selection criteria explained.</a> </b></p>

<p align="center">Alta Vista is a unique robot in that it has the largest database of web
pages, over 31 million pages on more than 225,000 servers at last count. It is not only
the most comprehensive collection of web pages. Alta Vista is the first search engine to
use if you are looking for an obscure or arcane subject. But because of its immense size
and coverage, it can also return a large amount of &quot;garbage&quot; which you must wade
through to find the gems of information when you search a popular subject. You can get <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=h&amp;what=web">help for simple
queries</a> and <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=ah&amp;what=web">help for advanced
queries</a>. Information <a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=about">about
Alta Vista</a> is also provided. You can easily <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/addurl.htm">add URLs</a> to this
service, or you can also <a
href="http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html">exclude their robot</a>
from indexing your website as described on the same page. Alta Vista has a <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=s&amp;what=web">small directory</a>
that consist of a few links to a variety of catalogues. This directory looks like it was
thrown together at the last minute as an afterthought. Another unique and special aspect
of Alta Vista is that it can find many of the websites that have links to another specific
website. For example, you can enter your website's full URL and it will provide you with a
list of many of the website's that link to your home page. There is also a special way to
find people by name. Both features are described on Alta Vista's <a
href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=tips">tips page</a>. If
interested, you can buy your own copy of the <a
href="http://altavista.software.digital.com/">Alta Vista Software</a> from <a
href="http://www.digital.com/">Digital Equipment Corporation</a>. (7/8/96) <!--/lthide--> </p>
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	<head>
	<meta name="description" content="Alta Vista Search From cyberQUEST">
	<meta name="keywords" content="The highly acclaimed cyberQUEST Search Engine">
	<title>Altavista Search</title>
	</head>

	<body link="#FF0000" vlink="#FF00FF" alink="#0000FF" topmargin="0" bgcolor="#0015E0"
	text="#FFFFFF">

	<form action="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query" method="GET">
	<a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/"><b><p>Alta Vista</b></a>  <b>R - <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/addurl.htm">Add URL</a>   Start
	Date <input type="text" name="d0" size="12" maxlength="32" value>   End <input
	type="text" name="d1" size="12" maxlength="32" value> e.g. 21/Mar/96</p>
	</b><p><input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> <select
	name="pg" size="1">
	<option value="q">Simple Query </option>
	<option value="aq">Advanced Query </option>
	</select> <select name="what" size="1">
	<option value="web" selected>the Web </option>
	<option value="news">Usenet </option>
	</select> <select name="fmt" size="1">
	<option value="c">Terse </option>
	<option value=".">Standard </option>
	<option value="d" selected>Verbose </option>
	</select>    <a href="#review"><b>See Review Below</b></a> <input name="q"
	size="75" value> <b>Advanced Query Only: Enter words in box below to define sort order of
	documents. Documents with these words will be listed first. If blank, documents will not
	be sorted.</b> <textarea name="r" cols="68" rows="1"></textarea> </p>
	</form>
	<b>

	<p align="center">Stuck on Simple Query - Here's <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=h&what=web">Help</a>. Advanced
	Query requires use of syntax that includes AND, OR, NOT and NEAR in your expression. The
	Simple Query Syntax will not work! <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=ah&what=web">Advanced Query
	selection criteria explained.</a> </b></p>

	<p align="center">Alta Vista is a unique robot in that it has the largest database of web
	pages, over 31 million pages on more than 225,000 servers at last count. It is not only
	the most comprehensive collection of web pages. Alta Vista is the first search engine to
	use if you are looking for an obscure or arcane subject. But because of its immense size
	and coverage, it can also return a large amount of "garbage" which you must wade
	through to find the gems of information when you search a popular subject. You can get <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=h&what=web">help for simple
	queries</a> and <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=ah&what=web">help for advanced
	queries</a>. Information <a href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=about">about
	Alta Vista</a> is also provided. You can easily <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/av/content/addurl.htm">add URLs</a> to this
	service, or you can also <a
	href="http://info.webcrawler.com/mak/projects/robots/robots.html">exclude their robot</a>
	from indexing your website as described on the same page. Alta Vista has a <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=s&what=web">small directory</a>
	that consist of a few links to a variety of catalogues. This directory looks like it was
	thrown together at the last minute as an afterthought. Another unique and special aspect
	of Alta Vista is that it can find many of the websites that have links to another specific
	website. For example, you can enter your website's full URL and it will provide you with a
	list of many of the website's that link to your home page. There is also a special way to
	find people by name. Both features are described on Alta Vista's <a
	href="http://www.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=tips">tips page</a>. If
	interested, you can buy your own copy of the <a
	href="http://altavista.software.digital.com/">Alta Vista Software</a> from <a
	href="http://www.digital.com/">Digital Equipment Corporation</a>. (7/8/96) <!--/lthide--> </p>
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