Looking for programmatic web searching for commercial purposes now that Alexa Web Search is gone. [more inside]
posted by bottlebrushtree on Dec 3, 2008 - 4 answers

I'm looking for an old version of a flash site that has been pulled down. It isn't on the Internet Archive and google cache search doesn't fish it up. Are there any other sites out there like the Internet Archive?
posted by mirileh on Apr 29, 2006 - 1 answer

DMOZ question. I co-run a hobby site (who doesn't, these days?), but it's become quite a valuable resource for said hobby. We submitted it to DMOZ.org (the open directory project) a few times, but we never get an answer, let alone get listed in the relevant category. Our request to be listed is perfectly reasonable, but what does it take to get accepted?
posted by NekulturnY on Nov 30, 2004 - 8 answers

If I want to know where a certain website ranks for a particular Google search, is there anything I can do other than just scroll through every page of results until I find that page? For instance: This is on the 29th page of Google results for "Ask Metafilter." If I was Mr. or Ms. Ofrenda, would there be a faster way for me to learn than that simply looking on every page?
posted by blueshammer on May 26, 2004 - 3 answers

How can I find a copy the file that used to be at this url? (Of a guy clocking a goofy singer with a book) I'm sure it's got to be mirrored somewhere, but I haven't been able to find it.
posted by oissubke on Jan 31, 2004 - 5 answers