Setting Up a Web Server
An introduction to not only Web servers, but the entire infrastructure needed to create and maintain a business presence on the Internet.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Setting Up a Web Server
Appendix A: On-line Resources
General search engines
Excite
www.excite.com
Excellent search engine that provides QBE and links responses to related sites-demonstrates the full version of the search engine available for your own web server.
InfoSeek
www.infoseek.com
One of the most comprehensive directories of Web pages and resources on the Internet.
Yahoo!
www.yahoo.com
Provides an excellent listing for most Web sites and FTP stores on the Internet.
Lycos
www.lycos.com
An excellent search engine that provides very good coverage of the Internet.
Yell
www.yell.co.uk
A search directory with a UK bias, provided by the Yellow Pages.
Yahoo! UK
www.yahoo.co.uk
A tailored UK version of the well-known search engine.
AltaVista
www.altavista.digital.com
Very good directory with entries for most Web sites and FTP stores-uses the similar search engine to the Private Extensions product available for your own web server.
Finding newsgroups
DejaNews
www.dejanews.com
An excellent directory of all the newsgroups that make up Usenet-lets you search for newsgroups that cover your subject area.
TileNet News
www.tilenet.news.com
Another good search directory that lets you find the newsgroup of your choice.
Finding people
Four11
www.four11.com
A personal directory of some users on the Internet that lets you find the e-mail address of users.
Yahoo!
www.yahoo.com/search/people
A section of Yahoo! that lets you track down the e-mail address of an Internet user.
WhoWhere
www.whowhere.com
Lets you find user e-mail address, telephone number and street address.
Finding mailing lists
Liszt
www.liszt.com
Directory that covers just about every mailing list together with a description and joining details.
Web standards and defining companies
w3
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