Dr. Matt Lee (mattl)

Just found this – a Gopher search engine. The Gopher protocol itself contains a built in search mechanism.
Here’s how it works:-

gopher://hal3000.cx:2347/7
I’ve bolded the item type character, which is usually one of the following:

• 0 = plain text file
• 1 = directory listing
• 2 = CSO search query
• 3 = error message
• 4 = BinHex encoded text file
• 5 = binary archive file
• 6 = UUEncoded text file
• 7 = search engine query
• 8 = telnet session pointer
• 9 = binary file
• g = GIF image file
• h = html file
• i = informational message
• I = image file
• s = audio file

So, at least for me, in Firefox, when I visit the search engine, I get prompted for my query before I even see the site. This puts even Google’s ubersimple homepage into a whole new light.