# Is Googol The Last Word in Search Engines? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 14, 2001, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849 "2001-06-14T22:14:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![No\_Bones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@No\_Bones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Bones)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/41 "2001-06-17T00:45:23Z")
**iLor** is a front end to Google that allows more answers to come back, and has better navigation to view results without losing your place (opens new windows). ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/42 "2001-06-17T12:02:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tsunamisurfer \* > Somebody has GOT to do something about that idiotic smiling face, Knead. Tweak it somehow. Add a goatee or dreads. Maybe a beret. Those idiotic buck teeth really freak me out. It’s not a beret, they’re not dreads, and IANAJ, but how about this: ;j 😛 ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/43 "2001-06-17T22:52:30Z")
Yeah google is pretty good, but I rely more often on [http://www.hotbot.com](http://www.hotbot.com) It has the best search interface out there. You can specify all sorts of parameters, and rather than getting a heap of useless sites, you can really narrow things down. The Open Directory Project ([http://www.dmoz.org](http://www.dmoz.org)), as mentioned above is also excellent. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/44 "2001-06-17T23:14:53Z")
NO no no. The last word in “seach engines” is ENGINES! Didn’t anyone learn anything from the three words in the English language that end in -gry? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/45 "2001-06-17T23:23:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\*NO no no. The last word in “seach engines” is ENGINES! Didn’t anyone learn anything from the three words in the English language that end in -gry? \*\* Nurse! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/46 "2001-06-19T05:17:29Z")
Thanks, **phartizan**! Saved me the trouble of looking it up myself. I went away for the weekend and came back thinking, “Great! Now I’m going to have to search through on-line dictionaries and grammer guides untill I come up with a cite, or those Teeming Millions will never let me forget it!” > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by tsunamisurfer \* > \*\*Actually, at one time, it wasn’t. > \*\* So maybe when I thought it was wrong, it was! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Chronolicht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@Chronolicht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronolicht)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/47 "2001-06-19T09:54:42Z")
Gogol stood under the tree and waited. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/48 "2001-06-19T14:09:45Z")
For what it’s worth, I use Metacrawler for my searches. Not only because I have always got reasonable results from it, but also because it searches the the major engines such as Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo, Look Smart etc. ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2001, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849/49 "2001-06-19T14:27:55Z")
For what it’s worth, I use Metacrawler for my searches. Not only because I have always got reasonable results from it, but also because it searches the the major engines such as Google, Alta Vista, Yahoo, Look Smart etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-googol-the-last-word-in-search-engines/68849.md?page=2)