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Custom Search Engines Could Replace Web Directories

https://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/custom-search-engines-replacement-for.html

“Google lets you create custom search engines, by defining a list of sites and web pages that are experts on a topic. For example, you love poetry and you know a great deal of sites that aggregate poetry. Compile a list of those sites (you can also use URL patterns to better describe the pages) and...” (from the page’s text)

Topic: Technology › Web Development
Quality: Quality 84 scored 11 Aug 2025
Language: english
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Last read: 9 Jul 2025
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