From: "Adam Hodgkin" <adamgh@dial.pipex.com>
Hello Chemweb
There is a very interesting new search engine on the block. Try www.google.com
I tested it with some obvious search terms (ATP, Sodium Chloride, Wendy Warr, Henry Rzepa, MDL, ChemWeb etc) and found useful results.
Particularly handy is the ability to disambiguate (ATP collects lots of Advanced Technology Programs etc -- but you clear the fog by simply adding 'chemistry' to your search term); AND the coolest feature you can immediately click on red bars which show the extent to which the page is cited (hyperlinked from other pages in the google repository). This is a useful way of ranking importance/relevance/webcentrality.
The other features of the system are well-explained at the site; but I add that the designers have put in some very cool and simple design features which they dont brag about. They style it a 'beta' version, but I am begining to use it in preference to AltaVista and Excite etc
I think it will have good special applications for chemistry.
Adam
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