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advanced search:

... the use of features which improve efficiency when looking online through a database or other collection of information for something specific. Features may include that logic/algebraic processes developed in the 19th century by George Boole. An advanced search can be demonstrated by copying and pasting the words definition, of, economic and development in the search box above but, first, making a phrase by setting them in quotation marksdashsearch the Web for ... "definition of economic development" (You will be using the Google/.network search engine). For your information, Google has query words called advanced operators, among them is define, as in, define economic development. Take a look at the tool provided to search the information published in Find Me Here.com from the Global Registry of Contacts. It has drop-down menus which allow you to change the search parameters. The menus are advanced features of the Global Registry of Contacts search tool.

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access advanced search:

We define advanced search above. The list of search engines below is a reprint of that which is published in the introduction to The Network. Most links provide direct access to advanced searches. Your use of any search engine listed is covered by a promise when there is an interest in finding resources for the kind of enterprise development that leads to economic development or business in general which The Network provides as an online information service.

spacerAll The Web / http://www.alltheweb.com
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spacerAlta Vista / http://www.altavista.com
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spacerAsk / http://web.ask.com
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spacerClusty / http://clusty.com
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spacerDogpile / http://www.dogpile.com
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spacerEntire Web / http://www.entireweb.com
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spacerGoogle / CLICK HERE for more about Google access
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spacerIxQuick / http://www.ixquick.com
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spacerMSN Live.com) / http://search.live.com
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spacerOpen Directory / http://dmoz.org / ODP note
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spacerYahoo / http://www.yahoo.com.

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search engine ratings and guides:
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dotspacerSearch Engine Watch.comdashSearch Engine Ratings and Reviews
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dotspacer.network search helpdashSearching the Web (search help directory)
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dotspacerGoogle Help Centraldash Google search engine adapted for .network use
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dotspacerUniversity of California BerkeleydashFinding Information on the Internet ...
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dotspacerUniversity at Albany / LibrarydashInternet Tutorials
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dotspacerOWL at Perdue UniversitydashSearching the World Wide Web
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dotspacerThe Spider's ApprenticedashA Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
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dotspacerImaginary Landscape.comdashThe HelpWeb
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dotspacer.network glossarydash(file) Weaving the Web (a book by Tim Berners-Lee)
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dotspacerPanda Search Centraldashabout this Web search resource
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dotspacerNoodle ToolsdashInformation Literacy: Search Strategies
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dotspacer.network Websearchdashthe library where this list of resources / links originated
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dotspacerDialog white paperdashWeb Searching / Know Your Tools
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dotspacerDialog viewdash... invented online information services.

Disclaimer: There is no relationship between the definition of online information services as provided by The Network and the claim of its invention by Dialog (Dialog invented online information services). It was suggested by an anonymous .network user that a link to the Dialog resource be published after the term was defined in the glossary.

CLICK HERE if you have a question or comment about the above disclaimer.

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Maps for site selection:

It's likely that the first thing a site selector wants is a map of the place of interest or a search region. When enterprise developers activate projects for finding locations they generally explain by pointing to maps that show their geographic areas of interest. The .network library provides links to map resouces. The best sources for maps of places of interest during a site search are location data suppliersdashthoughtfully prepared location packages contain maps. To start your search for a map of a place of interest, copy and paste the following italicized text lines in the search box below and Google the Web. Substitute the itentity of the place of interest for the word location. Visit the Locations section of the library for more guidance on searching for maps.

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You have the choice of using the Google/.network search engine or moving on to Google advanced search at http://www.google.com/advanced_search. The search engine is set to query the Web but you can choose to search a .network website. Examples of keyword search suggestions related to the .network mission are provided below the search engine.

http://www.findmehere.com/search/dictionary/google.htm
dot SEARCH .network Site Location Assistance website
dot SEARCH .network Find Me Here website
dot SEARCH .network Economic Development Network website
dot SEARCH the Web
dotspacerspacerspacer ACCESS .network search tools directory
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The .network glossary defines keyword. The keywords define, economic and development.are combined in this paragraph. They make up a key word combination. Search the Web for the combination by copying and pasting them as show in italics here in the search box above ... define economic development (put quotation marks around the word to search specifically for the phrase). Change the radio button selection to search a .network website. See .network search help if you don't know what a radio button is. Other parts of the search engine, e.g. search box, are also defined in the .network glossary.

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AOL was at one time listed on the .network search engine list. We were not correct in inferring that a provider of online and interactive computer services was a search engine. AOL Search is enhanced by Google. You can google from where you are now (page up).

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The ODP (Open Directory Project), which is also called DMOZ (see the Open Directory search engine access at www.findmehere.com/about/websearch.htm) is, according to ActiveMedia.com, the ... largest human edited directory on the internet. Google and thousands of other websites are using its data throughout the web. The quote is from ActiveMedia's online marketing and search engine optimization glossary. The search engine at the top of this page for querying the Web is provided by Google.

The expression open economic development directory project is defined in the .network glossary. It is an undertaking to provide an economic development directory online that allows resource and service providers engaged in the process to obtain listings of their contact data for free and that also allows its users free-access. CLICK HERE for more information from the glossary.

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Lycos.com provides the Ask search engine (link accesses advanced search). Although no longer longer listed among .network user recommended search engines, Lycos does have resources.

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The Find Me Here main directory page provides access to various search tools

Internet Information Resources Model:

... The first email program was developed in the 1970s using a network of computers, thus giving university researchers ideas for developing an innovative means of information storage, retrieval and exchange. Their ideas came together in 1984 in the form of a computer network spread throughout the world's academic research centers. It wasn't until the 1990s, however, that serious thoughts began to enter peoples' minds about moving this paradigm of manipulating information resources in a large, compatible network sharing environment beyond academic research and military applications. At that point the Internet Information Resources Model was clearly established. Expression such as The Information Age and Information Superhighway confirmed the model.

Note: Much of the background for the Internet Information Resources Model can be found in book Weaving the Web by Tim Berners-Lee.

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Maps are useful to to site selectors

There is no questioning the value of a good map. As a site selector, ask for a location package and you are bound to receive a map along with it. As an area or local development representative on the hunt for a prospect you can expect that the first question a site selector asks will be something like, where is the location? Review instructions for discreetly sending an email and you will see that what we want in its subject line is the identity of a location so that we can find it on a map.

Related question: Why do you want to know the locations of airports? answer

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Enterprise development not always the same as business development

Some people use the expression business development to mean enterprise development but for .network purposes we like to make a distinctiondashsee business development networking. Enterprise development is the umbrella expression covering all efforts to startup, expand or improve for excellence the operations of any endeavor intended to return a profit or provide a service or product to an outside group. In other words, industrial development can mean enterprise development. The latter can be taken to mean development of a business enterprise. The expression business decision maker is commonly used; however, when it comes to identifying the one who makes makes the decisions and takes the ultimate risks of directing startups, expansions, relocations, or raising the bar of excellence in production, call that person an enterprise developer.

Related question: What are the basics of enterprise development? answer

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