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The WebCrawler is a search tool to help you locate information on the Internet. The WebCrawler is operated by America Online, Inc. at their Web Studios in San Francisco, CA.
This page gives you a brief overview of how to start a search with the WebCrawler and interpret the results. To see how other people have used the WebCrawler, head over to the searching examples page. Finally, many common questions are answered on the page of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ).
To use the WebCrawler, all you need to know are some words that describe what you are looking for. You type those words into the search box, click on the "Search" button, and the WebCrawler will find resources on the Web that match your search.
Here is an example of a common WebCrawler search. Push the "Search" button to try this query, then push the "Back" button in your browser to return to this page.
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After you have asked the WebCrawler to search for a specific set of words, it returns a list of Web pages that match your search. For the search shown above, that page looks like this:
100 Cal Train Schedule
077 San Francisco Ballet School
074 Railroad Timetables on the Internet
038 Travelogue
025 Railroad-related Internet Resources
022 RailPage Australia - railfan information
022 http://airpcs.com/books.html
016 Transportation Resources on Internet
To see how other people have used the WebCrawler, head over to the searching examples page. Also, many common questions are answered on the page of Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQ).
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