Sandor Panton of Top5Jamaica.Com, in association with the Gleaner Online, guides you through what's new, cool and interesting on the Internet. From Jamaica to the wider Caribbean and the rest of the World, this is the 'Week on the Web'.
FOR THE past few years, Google, Yahoo and MSN have been the search engines of choice for most Internet users. However, another type of search engine has been gaining popularity - Metasearch engines. A metasearch engine does not have its own database; instead it gets its results by simultaneously querying the databases of other search engines and generating a page which consists of some combination of the results from these engines. Their obvious advantage is that you can get the best of several worlds, as they allow you to search multiple search engines at the same time rather than just one.
THREE OF THE MORE POPULAR METASEARCH ENGINES:
http://www.ixquick.com When you search for a particular word or phrase at Ixquick, it ranks these search results based on the sites that occupy 'top 10' spots across several search engines for this word/phrase. Its search engine list includes Yahoo, Netscape, Temoa.Com and Alta Vista.
http://www.mamma.com Mamma has been online since 1996 and gets its results from one major search engine (MSN) as well as several smaller ones including Wisenut.Com, Gigablast.Com and Teoma.Com.
http://www.dogpile.com Dogpile utilises Google, Yahoo, Ask Jeeves, FindWhat.Com, LookSmart.Com, among others, to provide its search results. Their new comparison feature allows you to vertically align the results from various engines directly on the same page.
ST. KITTS MUSIC FESTIVAL ONLINE
Our Caribbean neighbours in St. Kitts may be one step ahead of us in the Internet world, as the organisers of the annual St. Kitts Music Festival recently announced that tickets for the event can be purchased directly online. You can get more details here http://www. stkittsmusicfestival.net. This festival is just one of numerous Caribbean festivals and events happening this summer, on a list that includes the Ocho Rios Jazz Festival and Reggae Sumfest in Jamaica, the Barbados Crop Over Festival and Carnival celebrations in St. Lucia, Grenada and Antigua.
PDA REVIEWS
Before you buy the flashy new PDA that you saw advertised recently, visit the Handheld Reviews section at CNet.Com - http://reviews.cnet.com/. It offers unbiased and detailed reviews of handhelds, as well as comparisons to other devices with similar features and/or within the same price range. Most importantly, some devices have an editor review which comes with a numeric rating of the device out of ten (with ten being the highest rating).
TOP 5 VIEWS FOR THE JAMAICA GLEANER
1. Jamaica Gleaner Sitting ducks? Another cop gunned down:- http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ 20050523/lead/lead1.html 9,008 views
2. Jamaica Gleaner TAKING BACK JA Sever ties with dons Break up Garrison:- http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ 20050526/lead/lead1.html 9,001 views
3. Jamaica Gleaner Case breakthrough police detain four in missing American saga:- http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ 20050526/lead/lead1.html 8,963 views
4. Jamaica Gleaner Police Racket MoBay police under probe for $US 50,000 fraud:- http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ 20050527/lead/lead1.html 6,171 views
5. Jamaica Gleaner LOCKDOWN Business: closed Schools: open:- http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/ 20050525/lead/lead1.html 5,871 views
TOP 5 VIEWS FOR THE JAMAICA STAR
1. Jamaica Star Poster Girl:- http://jamaica-star.com/poster_girl/pg_69.html 8,867 views
2. Jamaica Star Hottie Hottie:- http://jamaica-star.com/hottie-girls/576.html 8,122 views
3. Jamaica Star Vote Hottie Hottie http://jamaica-star.com/vote1.html 6,688 views
4. Jamaica Star Hottie Hottie:- http://jamaica-star.com/hottie-girls/590.html 5,275 views
5. Jamaica Star 40 marked for death:- http://jamaica-star.com/thestar/ 20050527/news/news1.html 4,988 views
