On Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:42:38 +0200, Victor Sack wrote:

> blake murphy > wrote:
>
>> if you mean the old google newgroup search, it is he
>>
>> <http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/GoogleGroupsAdvSearch.htm>
>
> It is just an old search page. The search engine is of course the same
> and delivers exactly the same results.

i'm quite sure it does lead to the same (cruddy or not) results. but
trying to get from the google homepage to the usenet group search page has
never seemed intuitive to me, and as i recall, the layout once you get
there doesn't make as much sense, either. so i bookmarked that one.

>One can build one's own search
> page to one's liking. Years ago, I used my own page, combining
> MetaCrawler, Google Groups, and Epicurious Food Dictionary searches. I
> did not bother to update the links, so now only Google Groups works -
> exactly the same as the page above or the new one.
>
> Victor

your knowledge and skill probably outweigh mine.

your pal,
blake