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PMarione
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 Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:38 pm Post subject: A great new search engine |
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Tony B. has added a new search engine for the Age of Sail on his website at www.minotaur.org/search.htm.
Click on the refinements to further narrow the search.
| Quote: | | "Given the Admiralty's habit of naming ships after Greek mythological creatures, Roman gods, English place names and just common English words, I'm sure many here have experienced some frustration with Internet searches. Searches for people's names aren't much better, with Nelson Mandela and Ricky Nelson regularly topping the results. And then there are the morons who adopt your man's name as a forum nom-de-plume..." |
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alexlitandem
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:51 am Post subject: |
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Just wondering, P, whether you could consider establishing a direct link from this site to that search engine...and back...maybe via some reciprocal link to / from Tony B's site.
Be interesting, maybe, to see what additional candidate sites the forum members here might be able to offer / suggest to Tony B to consider adding into his search algorithm mix?
I wondering, for example, whether the Gutenberg project might usefully be included, just as a random first thought.
best,
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PMarione
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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I have added a link on the homepage.
Project Gutenberg is already in the sites searched.
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alexlitandem
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| Posted: Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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hmmnn...
Stupid of me, I didn't check the Home page as I tend to bookmark straight into the Forum from my Mac Dock bar. And Hadn't registered Tony had already utilised Gut'G.
Still maybe we can come up with other helpful candidates for him. |
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PMarione
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Sure but then we'll need the list he has already entered.
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tonybb
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, Patrick, for the link and for the mention here, and thanks Alex for the interest.
All sites in Google's index are automatically included (apart from a very few that are specifically excluded because of spurious matches on Nelson, etc), but the following specific list of sites are boosted in the rankings:
aboutnelson.co.uk/*
admiralnelson.org/*
ageofnelson.org/*
bbc.co.uk/history/*
bruzelius.info/*
cityark.medway.gov.uk/*
cronab.demon.co.uk/*
daliatrevino.com/*
genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/Trafalgar/*
gutenberg.org/*
historicdockyard.co.uk/*
historynet.com/wars_conflicts/napoleonic_wars*
hms.org.uk/*
hmsrichmond.org/*
hms-vengeance.co.uk/hms.htm*
hms-victory.com/*
hnsa.org/doc/steel/*
home.gci.net/~stall/*
jmr.nmm.ac.uk/*
kinghallconnections.com/*
minotaur.org/*
nationalarchives.gov.uk/nelson/*
nelsonsnavy.co.uk/*
nelson-society.org.uk/*
nmm.ac.uk/memorials/*
p067.ezboard.com/*
pbenyon.plus.com/*
pbenyon1.plus.com/*
pellew.com/*
portcities.org.uk/*
royalnavalmuseum.org/*
royal-navy.mod.uk/static/*
seabritain2005.com/*
snr.org.uk/*
southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/*
stvincent.ac.uk/Heritage/1797/*
swmaritime.org.uk/*
treeforall.org.uk/trafalgar/TrafalgarWoods/*
twogreens.com/*
wtj.com/archives/nelson/*
Any other suggestions gratefully received.
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