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To: tranzz who wrote (2)	4/3/1998 5:54:00 PM
From: Nick	Respond to of 44

Thanks tranzz, I'm going to check them out right now. How did you hear about them? Word of mouth? Anyway, I'm real interested in THNK...and am thinking of buyin some more CMGI. But I'll check out PSIX, FFGI, SPGY, SPLN... Nick

To: tranzz who wrote (2)	4/3/1998 7:54:00 PM
From: Nick	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 44

Study Cites MetaCrawler as Comprehensive Search Service SEATTLE, April 3 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study performed by Steve Lawrence and C. Lee Giles of the NEC Research Institute cites go2net, Inc.'s MetaCrawler as an exemplary vehicle for improved coverage of Web search engines. The study, which appeared in today's issue of the journal ''Science,'' found that individual search engines cover between 3 and 34% of the indexible Web. MetaCrawler, a property of go2net (Nasdaq: GNET - news), searches six individual search engines simultaneously, allowing users to cover a substantially larger percentage of the Web. Lawrence and Giles stated: ''Given that the coverage of any one search engine is limited, the simplest means of improving the coverage of Web search engines is to combine the results of multiple engines, as is done with meta search engines such as MetaCrawler (www.metacrawler.com),'' (source: ''Science,'' Vol. 280, 3 April 1998) ''MetaCrawler's biggest advantage is realized when one is searching for something hard to find,'' said Lawrence today, ''which is why the service is especially useful to the science and research communities.'' Techies and scientists aren't the only ones who benefit from MetaCrawler's search technology, however. Web users of all types frequently need the increased coverage provided by MetaCrawler. ''If you're looking for any sort of rare or specific information, it's great to combine the search engines,'' Lawrence added. ''go2net, Inc.'s MetaCrawler does just that.'' The NEC study focuses on the number of Web pages indexed by each search engine, and not the quality of results. In many cases, one search engine may return the result the user needs, as the search engines often focus on providing results corresponding to the most popular queries. ''Use the meta engines if you're after comprehensiveness,'' Lawrence told ABCNEWS.com. ''Combining the results of multiple engines is a good idea to get the best coverage.''