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The chart below provides a summary of the search engine features discussed
in the tutorial.
Feature |
AltaVista
Simple |
AltaVista
Advanced |
Infoseek |
FAST |
Northern
Light |
Excite |
Size
(millions) |
350
|
350
|
50
|
340
|
260
|
214
|
Implied |
yes
|
no
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
Full |
no
|
yes
|
no
|
no
|
yes
|
yes
(CAPS)
|
Phrase |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
Truncation |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
no
|
yes
|
no
|
Title |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
Advanced
Search
|
yes
|
no
|
Domain |
yes
|
yes
|
no
|
yes
Advanced
Search
|
use URL
Search
|
no
|
Host/Site |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
Advanced
Search
|
use URL
Search
|
no
|
URL |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
Advanced
Search
|
yes
|
no
|
Link |
yes
|
yes
|
yes
|
yes
Advanced
Search
|
yes
|
no
|
Refine |
no
|
no
|
no
|
no
|
custom
folders
|
more like
this
|
Other |
image
|
image
near
|
news
company
newsgroups
|
no
|
special
collection
company
government
|
news
|
|
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