From: Martin Weissenboeck[SMTP:mweissen@ccc.at] Sent: Freitag, 17. Jänner 1997 22:46 To: agtk@ccc.or.at; agtk@ccc.or.at Subject: AGTK 97012: Dateiensuche AGTK 97012: Dateiensuche. 17.01.97 Von Franz Fiala: Eine sehr komfortable Suchhilfe fuer Dateien in FTP-Servern findet man unter http://www.filez.com Nachteil: Man muss einen Namen oder Namensteil eingeben. In den meisten Faellen weiss man aber nicht, wie die gesuchte Datei heisst sondern nur, wofuer man sie verwenden will. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- Details dazu: (Filez) WEB USERS CAN NOW SEARCH EVERYWHERE ON THE INTERNET FOR SOFTWARE. San Diego - Jan 13, 1997 - Filez - http://www.filez.com has unveiled the largest software search engine on the World Wide Web and promises to simplify the hunt for software on the Internet. Filez is the first commercial search engine to focus on ftp (software) sites rather than WWW pages. "One of the first things new users on the net want to do is find software and games and until now there's been few choices for those users," says company founder, Michael Robertson. While most search engines concentrate on WWW pages, Filez indexes 1000s of software sites and amasses the largest database of files on the Internet. A state of the art search system was implemented which permits users to search through a list of over 60 million files for specific titles and types of files from worldwide sources in just seconds. From one freely accessible web form, searches can be performed for software, updates, games, graphics, sounds, movies, midi files, and more. Category headings make it easy for Windows, Macintosh, OS/2, Atari, Amiga and other computer platforms to select only titles applicable to their needs. Thousands of freeware, shareware and commercial servers are cataloged on a regular basis by Filez. Users can search all of those servers or select only servers with certain domain endings such as sites geographically located close to them. "What was once an all-day job guessing addresses, hop-scotching to different sites, and clicking through directories now takes literally seconds." says beta tester Jeff Winkler. Besides searching, users can also peruse the holdings of popular ftp sites at Filez. This allows net surfers to check out notoriously busy sites that typically deny access because of limitations on the number of users or simply do not offer searching capabilities. Filez also lets users search particular corporate sites worldwide for software such as Apple. Negotiations are underway with search and content partners to bring the software search capabilities of Filez to a widespread audience through co-branded web pages, licensed content, and ad revenue sharing. The Filez service can be located at: and can be accessed from any forms capable World Wide Web browser. Filez is located at P.O. Box 910091, San Diego, CA 92191-0091. Telephone: (619)581-1931. E-mail sales@filez.com. Press Contact: Michael Robertson ---- MfG Martin Weissenboeck Gatterburggasse 7, A-1190 Wien Tel: +43-1-369 88 58-0, Fax: +43-1-369 88 59-7 ------- This message was distributed via the Listserver of the CCC (Computer Communications Club) - (e-mail 'ccc@ccc.or.at' for info's). To unsubscribe from the list send a message to listserv@ccc.or.at with the following command in the message body: 'unsubscribe agtk' .