jcwren has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I'm not normally in the habit of promoting websites, but I have found the SearchWin2000 website to be fairly useful. As a result, I expect that their new site for XML will be pretty good. It's all free stuff. (I'd rather there was a section that this would be more suited to, but nothing seems really appropriate). Here's a copy.

Dear SearchWin2000.com Member:

For months our members who also focus on XML have been asking for the same kind of benefits they currently receive on SearchWin2000.com - but tailored specifically to XML. We listened, and the wait is over.

Introducing SearchXMLresources.com, the Web's XML-Specific Search Engine, where you can take advantage of the same kind of expert insight, daily news, links, and search engine functionality for XML that you currently enjoy on SearchWin2000.com. Check out this just-launched site today at http://www.searchXMLresources.com/p1

SearchXMLresources.com saves you the time and effort of trying to find the best content and resources you want to maximize your development skills and get the most out of XML. Even if you just started to think about moving to XML, register today at http://www.searchXMLresources.com/Registration/p4 and sign up for our free XML-specific email newsletters to stay informed without lifting a finger.

Similar to searchWin2000.com, FREE member benefits on http://www.searchXMLresources.com/p1 include:

1. XML-specific search engine! Search over 500 XML related sites pre-screened by our editorial team and indexed for their value and content.
2. XML-specific Daily News: Get aggregated, organized and prioritized XML News and Editor's Picks all in one place to save you the time of searching across the Web - we've done the legwork for you!
3. FREE email newsletters including XML Industry News, Developer Tips and XML Career Tips.
4. Live Online Events with Industry Experts. Find out first-hand what today's top XML experts are saying and ask questions on your toughest challenges.
5. Plus you can do a full XML-specific job search in our Career Center, check out key third-parties in our Vendor Central, shop for XML books and training materials in our eMarketPlace, and much more!

If you're a Win2000 professional who also uses XML, don't miss this opportunity to register today for FREE at http://www.searchXMLresources.com/Registration/p4 and start taking advantage of the Web's best XML-specific search engine!

This message is being sent to you by http://www.SearchWin2000.com GET RELEVANT SEARCH RESULTS from 7000 Windows NT/2000-specific web sites chosen by our editorial team for quality and relevance.


--Chris

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RE: XML Resource
by mirod (Canon) on Oct 11, 2000 at 22:18 UTC

    So let's see how Perl oriented this thing is:

    • they don't list Perl-XML on their mailing list page
    • the "Tools & Utilities" section has a Java sub-section but no Perl one, very bad!
    • A search for Java returns 346612 hits, a search for Perl returns 158893 hits, that's about average, but I am not sure they search only XML related topics (Google finds about 519,000 hits for "perl xml")
    • the XPath section lists XML::XPath pretty high in the list, good
    • a search on "Perl Monks" retrieves a list of indirect links, not too bad, I'd say good because of the xmlhack one which I was not aware of ;--)
    • the search knows about XML::Twig, good! ;--)

    Other notable features:

    • The career center has no job posts (yet?)
    • the tip of the day is quite lame (there is more to white space handling that what is shown there)

    Overall not very Perl friendly. I registered anyway, you never know...

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