WWW Resources Example 2 (Part I)

Introduction to InfoSeek 5/17/1995

Original URL of InfoSeek Trial Search document retrieved 5/17/1995: http://www.infoseek.com/doc/help/InfoSeekIntro.html

Introduction to InfoSeek

Pick a topic:

Overview
Guided tour
Listing of databases available
Try some queries on your own
Pricing information
Open an account (free trial)
User comments
More information

Overview. InfoSeek makes searching for information fast, easy, and fun. You can enter a query in plain English or enter just key words and phrases. In seconds, you'll get back a list of the article titles that are most relevant to your query. Click on a title and the full text of that article is instantly returned!

Guided tour. From this menu you can see sample queries and results from four of InfoSeek's collections. Choose the collection you wish to review from the list below and we'll take you on a brief tour.

WWW Pages: We'll look for a place to find free stock quotes on the World Wide Web and explain how InfoSeek compares to other "search the Web" services.
Usenet News: We'll check out the discussion of the recent GIF patent controversy and explain how InfoSeek can be used to supplement your current netnews reader.
Computerworld: We'll find out what Intel is saying about the Pentium bug.
Computer Select: We'll find product reviews that will help us select the best Pentium based PC.

Databases. InfoSeek is convenient one-stop shopping for a variety of both public and commercial data sources. Whether you are looking for a product review, a phone number, or a list of all of Clint Eastwood's movies, you'll find it here.

the world's best index of WWW pages
the world's best index of Usenet News (over 10,000 newsgroups)
the full text contents of over 50 computer newspapers and magazines
newspaper newswires from Reuters, Associated Press, Businesswire, PR Newswire, and the Newsbytes News Network,
detailed company profiles,
movie reviews, book reviews, video reviews,
FrameMaker technical support

Want to try a demo? You can try out some demo searches using the same free Search the Web service that InfoSeek provides on the Netscape "Net Search" page. You can search this database of WWW pages all you want without charge. Keep in mind that because this is a free demo, it may be hard to get in during the day and your query will be limited to the top 10 articles. If you open an account, these restrictions will be removed and you will be able to search all our collections and get up to 200 articles per query.

Pricing. Most of InfoSeek's databases are not available for free on the net anywhere. For example, InfoSeek is the only place in the world where you can do a search of the last 4 weeks of Usenet news. We have a variety of affordable membership plans available including one plan with no on-going monthly fees (you will be billed only for months in which you access the system). Click here for pricing details.

We Let You Test Drive It for FREE! If you register for an account now, we will give you a new user trial credit, so you can give InfoSeek a try for up to a month without risk! Click here to open your account now.

Here's what people who've used InfoSeek Search are saying: Click here if you'd like to read some of the comments we've received.

Want more information? Click here to view our documentation which covers more than 200 of the most Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about InfoSeek including a list of the periodicals in the Computer Select collection. You can also search the FAQ for FREE so you can try out our search software while you learn more about us!

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