Thursday, July 24, 2008

Govt Gift

ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ಈ ಸಾಲಿನ ಬಜೆಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಘೋಷಿಸಿದೆ. ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಇದು ಸರಕಾರದ ಬಹುದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಳುವಳಿ ಎನ್ನಲಾಗುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಎಷ್ಟು ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿಯುಳ್ಳ ಬಳುವಳಿ ಇದು? ನಿಜವಾಗಲೂ ಕಾಳಜಿಯ ಬಳುವಳಿಯೇ? ಎಂದು ಈ ಲೇಖನದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ ಸುಗ್ಗಿ.

“ಒಲೆಗೆ ಉರುವಲು ಇಲ್ಲ ಎಂದು ಕಲ್ಪವೃಕ್ಷವನ್ನು ಕಡಿವರುಂಟೆ...?”
ಇಂಥದೊಂದು ಉದಾಹರಣೆ ಆ ಆಧುನಿಕ ಸಂದರ್ಭ ಕಾಣಬೇಕು ಎಂದರೆ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕಕ್ಕೆ ಬನ್ನಿ. ಬಜೆಟ್ ನೋಡಿ.
ರೈತರ ಅಧಿನಾಯಕನೆಂದೇ ಕರೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಖುಷಿ ಪಡುವ, ರೈತರ ಹೆಸರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಮಾಣವಚನ ಸ್ವೀಕರಿಸಿದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಬಹುದೊಡ್ಡ ಬಳುವಳಿ ನೀಡಿದ ನೆಮ್ಮದಿಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಅವರ ಈ ಆಶಯ ದೂರದೃಷ್ಟಿಯುಳ್ಳದ್ದೇ ಎಂಬುದು ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ವಿಚಾರ ಮಾಡಬೇಕಾದ ವಿಷಯ.

ನಿಜ, ರೈತರು ಕಷ್ಟದಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ರೈತರಿಗೆ ನೆರವು ನೀಡಲೇಬೇಕು. ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಈ ಯೋಜನೆ ರೈತರ ಪರ ನಿಲುವೇನೋ ಸರಿ. ಆದರೆ, ಇದರ ದೂರಗಾಮಿ ಪರಿಣಾಮ ಜೀವ ವಿರೋಧಿಯೂ ಆಗಿರುವುದು ದುರಂತ. ಇಂದಿನ ಬವಣೆಗೆ ನೀಗಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವ ಭರದಲ್ಲಿ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ಬೊಕ್ಕಸಕ್ಕೆ ಬೊಕ್ಕೆ ಹಾಕುವುದು ಸರಿಯೇ? ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಈ ಕ್ರಮ ಭವಿಷ್ಯದ ರೈತಾಪಿ ಕುಲಕ್ಕೆ ಕಂಟಕವಾಗುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ.

ಇಷ್ಟೆಲ್ಲಾ ಹೇಳಬೇಕಾಗಿ ಬಂದಿದ್ದು ರೈತರಿಗೆ ಉಚಿತ ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ತು ನೀಡಲು ಸರ್ಕಾರ ಮುಂದೆ ಬಂದಿದ್ದರಿಂದ.

ಈ ಯೋಜನೆ ಕಾರ್ಯಸಾಧುವಲ್ಲ, ಎಂಬುದು ಈಗಾಗಲೇ ಹಲವಾರು ಬಾರಿ, ಹಲವಾರು ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ –ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯವೂ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ, ಸಾಬೀತಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಯೋಜನೆಯನ್ನು ವಿರೋಧಿಸುತ್ತಿರುವವರೂ, ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆ, ಬೊಕ್ಕಸಕ್ಕೆ ಭಾರ ಎಂದೆಲ್ಲಾ ಕಾರಣ ಕೊಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಅದು ನಿಜವೂ ಇರಬಹುದು. ಆದರೆ, ಬಹುಮುಖ್ಯ ಮೂಲ ಕಾರಣವೊಂದು ಹಿನ್ನೆಲೆಯಲ್ಲೇ ಉಳಿದು ಬಿಟ್ಟಿದೆ. ಅದು ಅಂತರ್ಜಲ.

Friday, July 27, 2007

ನಕ್ಕುನಲಿ

ಮಗ : ಡ್ಯಾಡಿ, ನೀನು ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್‌ಗೆ ಹೋಗಿದ್ಯಾ?

ಅಪ್ಪ : ಇಲ್ಲ ಕಣೋ.. ಈಜಿಪ್ಟ್‌ ಯಾವ ದಿಕ್ಕಲಿದೆಯೋ ನನಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಅದಿರಲಿ, ಯಾಕೋ ಮಗು?

ಮಗ : ಹಾಗಾದ್ರೆ ಈ ‘ಮಮ್ಮೀ’ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಹತ್ತಿರ ಹೇಗೆ ಬಂತು?

***

ಅವಳು : ಡಾರ್ಲಿಂಗ್‌ ನಮ್ಮ ಎಂಗೇಜ್‌ಮೆಂಟಿಗೆ ರಿಂಗ್‌ ಕೊಡ್ತಿರಾ ತಾನೆ?

ಅವನು : ವೈ ನಾಟ್‌ ಡಿಯರ್‌, ನಿನ್ನ ಫೋನ್‌ ನಂಬರ್‌ ಕೊಡು ಮೊದ್ಲು

***

ಕುಡುಕನೊಬ್ಬನನ್ನು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯಕ್ಕೆ ತಂದು ಕಟಕಟೆ ಏರಿಸಿದರು.

ಅಲ್ಲಿಗೆ ಬಂದ ನ್ಯಾಯಾಧೀಶರು ಇವನ ಮಾತು ಕೇಳುವ ಮೊದಲು ‘ಆರ್ಡರ್‌, ಆರ್ಡರ್‌’ ಎಂದರು. ಕೂಡಲೇ ಕುಡುಕ -‘ಸ್ವಾಮಿ ಒಂದು ಸ್ಕಾಚ್‌ ಹಾಗು ಒಂದು ಸೋಡ ಕೊಡ್ರೀ’ ಎನ್ನುವುದೇ?

***

ರಮಾ : ನಾನು ನನ್ನ ಗಂಡ ಮೊದ್ಲಿನ ಇಪ್ಪತ್ತು ವರ್ಷ ತುಂಬಾ ಸಂತೋಷವಾಗಿದ್ವಿ ನೋಡಿ.

ಪವಿತ್ರ : ಓಹೋ, ಹಾಗಾದ್ರೆ ಆಮೇಲೆ

ರಮಾ : ಆಮೇಲೇನೇ ನಾವು ಭೇಟಿಯಾದದ್ದು, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಮದ್ವೆ ಆದದ್ದು.

***

ಪದ್ಮಕ್ಕ : ನಿಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನಿಗೆ ಎಷ್ಟು ವಯಸ್ಸೋ ಪುಟ್ಟಾ?

ಪುಟ್ಟ : ನಂಗಾದಷ್ಟೇ ನಮ್ಮಪ್ಪನಿಗೆ ವಯಸ್ಸು?

ಪದ್ಮಕ್ಕ : ಅದು ಹೇಗೋ?

ಪುಟ್ಟ : ಅಯ್ಯೋ ನಾ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ ಮೇಲಲ್ವೇ ಅವ್ರು ಅಪ್ಪ ಆದದ್ದು..

Thursday, July 26, 2007

ಕರಿಯ ಐ ಲವ್‌ ಯೂ

ಜನಪ್ರಿಯ ಸಿನಿಮಾ ಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೆಡಿಸಿ, ಗಬ್ಬೆಬ್ಬಿಸುವುದರಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಗುಂಡ, ನಿಜಕ್ಕೂ ನಂ.1! ‘ದುನಿಯಾ’ ಚಿತ್ರದ ಹಾಡು ಅವನ ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿ ಈ ರೂಪ ಪಡೆದಿದೆ. ನೀವೇ ಓದಿ :

ಕರಿಯ ಐ ಲವ್‌ ಯೂ
ಈ ಬಾಟಲ್‌ ಮೇಲಾಣೆ

ಬೆಳ್ಳಿ ಐ ಲವ್‌ ಯೂ
ಈ ವಿಸ್ಕಿ ಮೇಲಾಣೆ

ನಿನಗೊಂದು ಬಾಟಲ್‌ ವಿಸ್ಕಿ
ಕುಡಿಸೋದು ನನಗಾಸೆ

ನಾನೀಗಲೇ ಟೈಟ್‌ ಆಗಿರುವೆ
ಬಿಡು ಆಸೆ... ಓ ಕೂಸೇ..

***

ರಂಗ : ನಾನು ಮದುವೆಯಾಗಿ ಸುಖವಾಗಿರೋಣ ಅಂತಿದ್ದೀನಿ.

ಗುಂಡ : ನೀನು ತುಂಬಾ ತಮಾಷೆಯಾಗಿ ಮಾತಾಡ್ತಿಯಪ್ಪ...!

***

ರಂಗ : ನಿನ್ನ ಹೆಂಡತಿಯನ್ನು ಬೆಳಗ್ಗೆ ವಾಕಿಂಗ್‌ಗೆ ಕರಕೊಂಡು ಬರಬಹುದು ಅಲ್ವಾ?

ಗುಂಡ : ಒಂದು ಅರ್ಧ ಗಂಟೆ ನನಗೆ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದರೂ, ನಿನಗೆ ಸಹಿಸೋದಕ್ಕೆ ಆಗೋದಿಲ್ವಾ? ನೀನು ನನ್‌ ಫ್ರೆಂಡ್‌ ಅಲ್ಲ.. ವೈರಿ..

Sharif's lyric

ಎಲ್ಲವರಂತವನಲ್ಲ ನನ ಗಂಡ
ಬಲ್ಲಿದನು ಪುಂಡ
ಎಲ್ಲವರಂತವನಲ್ಲ ಕೇಳೆ
ಸಣ್ಣು ಸಣ್ಣಿಗೆ ಬೈದು ನನ್ನ
ಎಲ್ಲು ಹೋಗದ ಹಾಂಗ ಮಾಡಿಟ್ಟ
ಕಾಲ್ ಮುರಿದು ಬಿಟ್ಟ

ತುಂಟ ಸವತಿಯ ಸೊಂಟ ಮುರಿ ಹೊಡೆದ
ಒಣ ಪಂಟ ಮಾತಿನ ಗಂಟುಗಳ್ಳರ ಮನೆಗೆ ಬರಗೊಡದ
ಕುಂಟ ಕುರುಡರೆಂಟು ಮಂದಿ ಗಂಟು ಬಿಟ್ಟರೆ
ಅವರ ಕಾಣುತ್ತ ಗಂಟಲಕ್ಕೆ ಗಾಣಾದ ಮೇಲಕ್ಕ ತಕ್ಕವನೆ ಸಿಕ್ಕ

ಅತ್ತೆ ಮಾವರ ಮನೆಯ ಬಿಡಿಸಿದನೆ
ಮತ್ತಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂವರ ಮಕ್ಕಳೈವರ ಮಮತೆ ಕೆಡಿಸಿದನೆ
ಎತ್ತ ಹೋಗದೆ ಕಿತ್ತಬಗಲದೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿನಲ್ಲೆ ಇಟ್ಟು ನನ್ನನು
ಮುತ್ತಿನ ಮೂಗುತಿಯ ಕೊಟ್ಟಾನೆ ಅವನೇನು ದಿಟ್ಟನೆ

ಕಾಂತೆ ಕೇಳೆ ಕರುಣ ಗುಣದಿಂದ
ಎನಗಿಂತ ಪುರುಷನು ಬಂದು ದೊರಕಿದ
ಪುಣ್ಯ ಫಲದಿಂದ
ಕಾಂತೆ ಬಾರೆಂತೆಂದು ಕರೆದೆ ಕಾಂತ ಮಂದಿರದೊಳಕೆ ಒಯ್ದು
ಭ್ರಾಂತಿ ಭವದುರಿತವನು ಹರಿಸಿದನೆ ಶಿಶುನಾಳದೀಶ

Monday, November 14, 2005

continue search engines

Ask Jeeves
http://www.askjeeves.com

Ask Jeeves initially gained fame in 1998 and 1999 as being the "natural language" search engine that let you search by asking questions and responded with what seemed to be the right answer to everything.
In reality, technology wasn't what made Ask Jeeves perform so well. Behind the scenes, the company at one point had about 100 editors who monitored search logs. They then went out onto the web and located what seemed to be the best sites to match the most popular queries.
Today, Ask Jeeves instead depends on crawler-based technology to provide results to its users. These results come from the Teoma search engine that it owns, which is described below.
Ask Jeeves is doing innovative things with invisible tabs and with what it calls Smart Search. We think the future of search will be this much smarter approach to delivering up more than just web pages. It makes Ask Jeeves a well-worth a visit by anyone looking for information.
Ask Jeeves also owns now closed Direct Hit service.
Getting Listed: For the main editorial listings at Ask Jeeves, you need to be listed with Teoma, which is described below. Paid listings come from Google AdWords, described above.
Search Engine Watch members have access to the How Ask Jeeves Works page, which provides in-depth coverage of how Ask Jeeves integrates listings from Teoma and its own editors.
Strongly Consider
The search engines below are other good choices to consider when searching the web.

AllTheWeb.com
http://www.alltheweb.com

Powered by Yahoo, you may find AllTheWeb a lighter, more customizable and pleasant "pure search" experience than you get at Yahoo itself. The focus is on web search, but news, picture, video, MP3 and FTP search are also offered.
AllTheWeb.com was previously owned by a company called FAST and used as a showcase for that company's web search technology. That's why you sometimes may sometimes hear AllTheWeb.com also referred to as FAST or FAST Search. However, the search engine was purchased by search provider Overture (see below) in late April 2003, then later become Yahoo's property when Yahoo bought Overture. It no longer has a connection with FAST.
AOL Searchhttp://aolsearch.aol.com (internal)http://search.aol.com/(external)
AOL Search provides users with editorial listings that come Google's crawler-based index. Indeed, the same search on Google and AOL Search will come up with very similar matches. So, why would you use AOL Search? Primarily because you are an AOL user. The "internal" version of AOL Search provides links to content only available within the AOL online service. In this way, you can search AOL and the entire web at the same time. The "external" version lacks these links. Why wouldn't you use AOL Search? If you like Google, many of Google's features such as "cached" pages are not offered by AOL Search.
Getting Listed: AOL essentially duplicates the editorial and ad listings that are shown on Google, so you need to be listed with Google in one of these ways, as described above .
Search Engine Watch members have access to the How AOL Search Works page, which provides in-depth coverage of how AOL Search operates and why there may be subtle differences between it and Google.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

It is help u

About Google Scholar

What is Google Scholar?
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.

Features of Google Scholar

  • Search diverse sources from one convenient place
  • Find papers, abstracts and citations
  • Locate the complete paper through your library or on the web
  • Learn about key papers in any area of research

How are articles ranked?
Google Scholar orders your search results by relevance. As with Google web search, the most useful references appear at the top of the page. Google ranking technology considers the full text of each article, the author, the publication in which the article appeared, and how often the piece has been cited in other scholarly literature.

A note from the Google Scholar team
Please let us know if you have suggestions, questions or comments about Google Scholar. We recognize the debt we owe to all those in academia whose work has made Google itself a reality and we hope to make Google Scholar as useful to this community as possible. We believe everyone should have a chance to stand on the shoulders of giants.

Publishers - Include your publications in Google Scholar

Librarians - Help patrons discover your library's resources

Google Scholar can boost the worldwide visibility of your content. We work with scholarly publishers to index works from all research disciplines and make them searchable on Google Scholar. Learn more about our policies and find technical information for scholarly publishers and societies.

Google Scholar can help patrons utilize the resources your library provides. We provide two solutions to help library visitors locate scholarly literature within your electronic and print resources. Learn how your library can take part.

Friday, November 11, 2005

Top search engines


Top Choices


The search engines below are all excellent choices to start with when searching for information.


Googlehttp://www.google.com


Voted four times Most Outstanding Search Engine by Search Engine Watch readers, Google has a well-deserved reputation as the top choice for those searching the web. The crawler-based service provides both comprehensive coverage of the web along with great relevancy. It's highly recommended as a first stop in your hunt for whatever you are looking for.
Google provides the option to find more than web pages, however. Using on the top of the search box on the Google home page, you can easily seek out images from across the web, discussions that are taking place on Usenet newsgroups, locate news information or perform product searching. Using the More link provides access to human-compiled information from the Open Directory (see
below), catalog searching and other services.
Google is also known for the wide range of features it offers, such as cached links that let you "resurrect" dead pages or see older versions of recently changed ones. It offers excellent spell checking, easy access to dictionary definitions, integration of stock quotes, street maps, telephone numbers and more. See Google's
help page for an entire rundown on some of these features. The Google Toolbar has also won a popular following for the easy access it provides to Google and its features directly from the Internet Explorer browser.
In addition to Google's unpaid editorial results, the company also operates its own advertising programs. The cost-per-click AdWords program places ads on Google as well as some of Google's partners. Similarly, Google is also a provider of unpaid editorial results to some other search engines. For a list of major partnerships, see the
Search Providers Chart.
Google was originally a Stanford University project by students Larry Page and Sergey Brin called BackRub. By 1998, the name had been changed to Google, and the project jumped off campus and became the private company Google. It remains privately held today.
Getting Listed: Read the
Submitting To Google section of Search Engine Watch's Essentials Of Search Engine Submission guide for more about being included in Google's editorial results and the Google AdWords section for more about its paid listings programs.
Search Engine Watch
members have access to the How Google Works section of the web site, which provides in-depth coverage of the editorial and paid listings processes at Google. Learn more about becoming a member on the membership information page.


Yahoohttp://www.yahoo.com


Launched in 1994, Yahoo is the web's oldest "directory," a place where human editors organize web sites into categories. However, in October 2002, Yahoo made a giant shift to crawler-based listings for its main results. These came from Google until February 2004. Now, Yahoo uses its own search technology. Learn more in this recent review from our SearchDay newsletter, which also provides some updated submission details.
In addition to excellent search results, you can use tabs above the search box on the Yahoo home page to seek images, Yellow Page listings or use Yahoo's excellent shopping search engine. Or visit the Yahoo Search
home page, where even more specialized search options are offered.
The Yahoo Directory still survives. You'll notice "category" links below some of the sites lists in response to a keyword search. When offered, these will take you to a list of web sites that have been reviewed and approved by a human editor.
It's also possible to do a pure search of just the human-compiled Yahoo Directory, which is how the old or "classic" Yahoo used to work. To do this, search from the
Yahoo Directory home page, as opposed to the regular Yahoo.com home page. Then you'll get both directory category links ("Related Directory Categories") and "Directory Results," which are the top web site matches drawn from all categories of the Yahoo Directory.
Sites pay a fee to be included in the Yahoo Directory's commercial listings, though they must meet editor approval before being accepted. Non-commercial content is accepted for free. Yahoo's
content acquisition program also offers paid inclusion, where sites can also pay to be included in Yahoo's crawler-based results. This doesn't guarantee ranking, Yahoo promises. The CAP program also bring in content from non-profit organizations for free.
Like Google, Yahoo sells paid placement advertising links that appear on its own site and which are distributed to others. These are sold through
Overture. Yahoo purchased Overture in a company Yahoo purchased in October 2003.
Overture was formerly called GoTo until late 2001. More about it can be found on the
Paid Listings Search Engines page. Overture purchased AllTheWeb (see below) in March 2003 and acquired AltaVista (see below) in April 2003. Now Yahoo owns these, gained as from its purchase of Overture.
Technology AltaVista and AllTheWeb was combined with that of
Inktomi, a crawler-based search engine that grew out UC Berkeley and then launched as its own company in 1996, to make the current Yahoo crawler. Yahoo purchased Inktomi in March 2003.
Getting Listed: Read the
Submitting To Yahoo section of Search Engine Watch's Essentials Of Search Engine Submission guide for more information on appearing in Yahoo's own editorial results. Read the Overture section of Search Engine Watch's Essentials Of Search Engine Submission guide for more information on Overture's paid listings program.
Search Engine Watch
members have access to the How Yahoo Works section of the web site, which provides in-depth coverage of how Yahoo gathers listings. The How Overture Works page, which provides in-depth coverage of how cost-per-click ads can be placed with Overture.


Thursday, November 10, 2005

The most

The most destructive habit....................................................Worry
The greatest Joy....................................................................Giving
The greatest loss...................................................................Loss of self-respect
The most satisfying work......................................................Helping others
The ugliest personality trait..................................................Selfishness
The most endangered species...........................................Dedicated leaders
Our greatest natural resource.............................................Our youth
The greatest "shot in the arm"............................................Encouragement
The greatest problem to overcome...................................Fear
The most effective sleeping pill.............................,,,.........Peace of mind
The most crippling failure disease....................................Excuses
The most powerful force in life...........................................Love
The most dangerous pariah..............................................A gossiper
The world's most incredible computer.............................The brain
The worst thing to be without.... .....................................Hope
The deadliest weapon......................................................The tongue
The two most power-filled words...................................."I Can"
The greatest asset.............................................................Faith
The most worthless emotion............................................Self-pity
The most beautiful attire...................................................SMILE!
The most prized possession............................................Integrity
The most powerful channel of communication...............Prayer
The most contagious spirit..............................................Enthusiasm
Everyone needs this list to live by................................................pass it along!!!

about scearch engines

Major Search Engines and Directories

In the search engine list below, Search Engine Watch provides a guide to the major search engines of the web. Why are these considered to be "major" search engines? Because they are either well-known or well-used.
For webmasters, the major search engines are the most important places to be listed, because they can potentially generate so much traffic.
For searchers, well-known, commercially-backed search engines generally mean more dependable results. These search engines are more likely to be well-maintained and upgraded when necessary, to keep pace with the growing web.
On this page, you will see reference to "crawlers" and "crawler-based results" versus "directories" and "human-powered results." These describe the two major ways that search engines get editorial listings. See the
How Search Engines Work page to understand more about the difference between crawlers and directories.
If you are interested in being listed in these search engines, see Search Engine Watch's
Search Engine Submission Tips section for free, step-by-step help about the essentials to submitting to search engines and improving your chances of ranking well. Relevant links to specific tips are integrated into this page, as well.
Also consider becoming a Search Engine Watch
member, to gain access to detailed information about how the various major search engines work. Finally, for an at-a-glance view of how the major search engines get their results, see the Search Engine Results Chart.

i will continue tomorrow with top search engines.......

About search engines


Major Search Engines and Directories

In the search engine list below, Search Engine Watch provides a guide to the major search engines of the web. Why are these considered to be "major" search engines? Because they are either well-known or well-used.For webmasters, the major search engines are the most important places to be listed, because they can potentially generate so much traffic.For searchers, well-known, commercially-backed search engines generally mean more dependable results. These search engines are more likely to be well-maintained and upgraded when necessary, to keep pace with the growing web. On this page, you will see reference to "crawlers" and "crawler-based results" versus "directories" and "human-powered results." These describe the two major ways that search engines get editorial listings. See the How Search Engines Work page to understand more about the difference between crawlers and directories.If you are interested in being listed in these search engines, see Search Engine Watch's Search Engine Submission Tips section for free, step-by-step help about the essentials to submitting to search engines and improving your chances of ranking well. Relevant links to specific tips are integrated into this page, as well.Also consider becoming a Search Engine Watch member, to gain access to detailed information about how the various major search engines work. Finally, for an at-a-glance view of how the major search engines get their results, see the Search Engine Results Chart.