BuzzScout; A FIRST Search Engine

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Posted by Mike Dubreuil.

Student on team #175, Buzz, from Enrico Fermi High School and UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand.

Posted on 5/7/2000 11:56 PM MST



The Buzz team has realized that with the growing number of FIRST teams with websites finding the website you are looking for is a tough job. Therefore, the web development team at BuzzRobotics.org designed and built BuzzScout, a FIRST search engine.

BuzzScout can search for a team's web site by team number, team name, team location, or personalized keywords. Visit it today. Search.BuzzRobotics.org

FIRST Webmasters, please visit to find out how you can get a better listing in the database.

Mike Dubreuil
Webmaster@BuzzRobotics.org

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Posted by Lora Knepper.

Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.

Posted on 5/8/2000 8:05 AM MST


In Reply to: BuzzScout; A FIRST Search Engine posted by Mike Dubreuil on 5/7/2000 11:56 PM MST:



Mike,

Is there a way I can get my FIRST-a-holics Anonymous webpage included in the BuzzScout Database? I've been lazy and haven't put in meta tags yet, but that is not a problem and only takes a few minutes to do.

Lora

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Posted by Mike Dubreuil.

Student on team #175, Buzz, from Enrico Fermi High School and UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand.

Posted on 5/8/2000 11:32 AM MST


In Reply to: Can a Non-Team page be added? posted by Lora Knepper on 5/8/2000 8:05 AM MST:



Sure,
I had not thought of that; but, since your site is about FIRST, and there may be others like it, I will add that feature. I'll e-mail you when I make that avaliable, which should be in the next couple days.
- Mike

: Mike,

: Is there a way I can get my FIRST-a-holics Anonymous webpage included in the BuzzScout Database? I've been lazy and haven't put in meta tags yet, but that is not a problem and only takes a few minutes to do.

: Lora

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Posted by Lora Knepper.

Student on team #69, HYPER (Helping Youth Pursue Engineering & Robotics), from Quincy Public Schools and The Gillette Company.

Posted on 5/8/2000 5:55 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: Can a Non-Team page be added? posted by Mike Dubreuil on 5/8/2000 11:32 AM MST:



Thanks Mike. I just really thought about it since even at the FIRST site, all you can find links to is the 'official' team page from any given team. I looked at the current site, and I love it! Keep up the great work.

Lora

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Posted by Greg Mills.

Engineer on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home and Baxter Healthcare.

Posted on 5/9/2000 6:01 AM MST


In Reply to: BuzzScout; A FIRST Search Engine posted by Mike Dubreuil on 5/7/2000 11:56 PM MST:



:

Isn't this already available by going to 'Team Home Pages' on the FIRST site? Maybe I am missing something.

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Posted by Mike Dubreuil.

Student on team #175, Buzz, from Enrico Fermi High School and UTC/Hamilton Sundstrand.

Posted on 5/9/2000 12:39 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: BuzzScout; A FIRST Search Engine posted by Greg Mills on 5/9/2000 6:01 AM MST:



Well, yes and no. You can go to there and find all the teams. That's what the search engine does. But you have to look through the whole list to get what you want.
Let's say you know the teams' sponsor 'UTC'. By doing a search for UTC you will end up with all the UTC teams with websites. This search could have done on your own at FIRST's webpage list, with a little effort.
However, let's say you don't know where the Viking Robotics website is. By just knowing nick-names and pieces of information like that, it would take you a very long time to find their site at FIRST's webpage list. You can do a search at BuzzScout for 'Viking' and you will get their site instantly.
- Mike Dubreuil


: Isn't this already available by going to 'Team Home Pages' on the FIRST site? Maybe I am missing something.

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Posted by Greg Mills.

Engineer on team #16, Baxter Bomb Squad, from Mountain Home and Baxter Healthcare.

Posted on 5/9/2000 1:55 PM MST


In Reply to: Re: BuzzScout; A FIRST Search Engine posted by Mike Dubreuil on 5/9/2000 12:39 PM MST:



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: :Great job - I appreciate your efforts - I'll add the bookmark now.