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<title>HotBot Search From cyberQUEST</title>
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<p><b><a href="http://www.hotbot.com/">Hotbot</a></b> &nbsp;&nbsp;<b>R - <a
href="http://www.hotbot.com/addurl.html">Add URL</a></b>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b><a href="hotbotav.htm">Expert Hotbot Search Form</a></b>
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<form action="http://www.hotbot.com/lite/search.html" name="HSQ">
<input type="hidden" name="SW" value><input type="hidden" name="MOD" value="0"><input
type="hidden" name="OP" value="0"><input type="hidden" name="date" value="WH"><input
type="hidden" name="DR" value="newer"><input type="hidden" name="DM" value="1"><input
type="hidden" name="DD" value="1"><input type="hidden" name="DY" value="96"><input
type="hidden" name="DV" value="10"><input type="hidden" name="DU" value="years"><input
type="hidden" name="smiley" value><input type="hidden" name="FJA" value="off"><input
type="hidden" name="FJS" value="off"><input type="hidden" name="FRA" value="off"><input
type="hidden" name="FAC" value="off"><input type="hidden" name="FSW" value="off"><input
type="hidden" name="FVR" value="off"><input type="hidden" name="FSU" value="off"><input
type="hidden" name="FSM" value="off"><input type="hidden" name="OP" value="0"><input
type="hidden" name="MOD" value="0"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <font size="-1"><b>domain
(.edu) or website (hotwired.com)</b></font> <br>
<input type="radio" name="RD" value="AN" checked><b> Anyplace</b> <input type="radio"
name="RD" value="DM"><b> Cyberplace </b><input type="text" name="domain" size="17"
maxlength="30" onchange="HSQ.RD[1].checked=1"> <input type="radio" name="RD" value="RG"><b>
Or Domains In </b><select name="RG" onchange="HSQ.RD[0].checked=1" size="1">
<option value="NA" selected>North America </option>
<option value="EU">Europe </option>
<option value="SE">South East Asia </option>
<option value="AS">India &amp; Asia </option>
<option value="SA">South America </option>
<option value="DU">Down Under </option>
<option value="AF">Africa </option>
<option value="ME">Middle East </option>
<option value="CA">Central America </option>
</select> <br>
<input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> <select name="DC"
size="1">
<option value="10">10 </option>
<option value="25" selected>25 </option>
<option value="50">50 </option>
<option value="75">75 </option>
<option value="100">100 </option>
</select> <b>Select Hits</b> <select name="SM" size="1">
<option value="MC">Match All Words </option>
<option value="SC">Match Any Words </option>
<option value="phrase">Exact Phrase </option>
<option value="name">The Person </option>
<option value="url">Match the URL </option>
</select> <input type="text" name="MT" size="75" maxlength="100"></p>
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<p align="center">HotBot is one of the latest entries into the Web Search derby and, even
though it is in <a href="http://www.hotwired.com/help/hotbot/beta.html">public beta test</a>
and has plenty of <a href="http://www.hotwired.com/help/hotbot/beta.html">bugs</a>, it
looks like a winner right now. This is because they already have 35.8 million web
documents indexed and you can search for them and get results which are ranked with a high
degree of relevancy. HobBot claims it has over 70% of the entire web indexed based on
their having identified a total of 50 million documents. My personal estimate of the
number of documents on the web is closer to 100 million, so I think their spider has to do
some more looking. Nonetheless, HotBot is the clear leader today in number of web
documents indexed. The only part of it that I can vouch for working pretty well is the
basic search and the selection of Match all Words, Match any Words, etc. The rest has
bugs, but you can still do some great surfing with this engine. I like the search for URLs
and people features. Both work fine and you'll be pleasantly surprised at what turns up.
You can get <a href="http://www.hotwired.com/help/hotbot/f-help.html">help</a> on the
basic searches if you need it. There is no help offered for the Expert mode, but you don't
need it now because it basically doesn't work. HotBot also has a modify capability which
is kind of neat. It allows you to add additional filters on search terms. You can in
effect, customize your own search engine. We allow for only three of these modifiers in
the <a href="hotbotav.htm">Eureka! Advanced Search Form for HotBot</a> because that's all
we think most people will want. Another powerful feature is one that allows you to search
for pages with specific types of media content such as Java, ShockWave, and VRML. You can
also specify a date range for the search. They don't specify what date they are using, but
I assume it is their date of acquisition. This may come in handy because the data base has
a very large numbers of duplicate records. This duplication also makes their claim to the
number of documents indexed suspect. But I am satisfied that they do have more documents
indexed than any other search engine. You may <a href="http://www.hotbot.com/addurl.html">add
a URL</a> to HotBot, but I'm not sure what that means. When you search for a URL, it
searches only for the exact page URL, not the entire domain, so the implication is that
you must enter URLs for each of your individual pages. This service is brought to you by a
partnership of <a href="http://www.hotwired.com/">HotWired Magazine</a> and <a
href="http://www.inktomi.com/">Inktomi</a>. I applaud them for making this beta test
public. In spite of the bugs, it is still a very useful and powerful search tool right
now. (5/31/96) </p>
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