launches today

LACEY, WA – June 1, 1999 (INB) – Pilot-Search, http://www.pilot-search.com, launches today through the collaborative efforts of Pif Magazine and Zine-X, the acclaimed literary link exchange. On May 20, 1999, Pilot-Search posted a mockup of the site so users could modify and add links. During this ten day trial period the site received 200,000 impressions.

Seeking to push the boundaries of literary searches on the Internet, the staffs of two leading Web sites joined forces in March of 1998 to develop a search engine comprised strictly of literary links. These staffs came together with scholars and writers to bring intelligence and passion to a major concern: How can online users better search for literary Web links?

Pilot-Search.com was the answer. Pilot-Search is a free online search engine that includes over 10,000 searchable links.  With over 250 categories Pilot-Search covers Book Reviews, Interviews, individual writers like Raymond Carver, Ghost Writing Services, e-Text, MFA Programs, Screenwriting Contests, and much more.  Pilot-Search links to the internal pages of big sites like Salon, Project Gutenberg, and the New York Times Book Review, but it also links to the pages of smaller sites like Georgejr.com, Scribendi!, and the E-Script Workshop.  Each day in the Featured Pages section, Pilot-Search spotlights five worthwhile articles or sites. 

Users can still add their sites to Pilot-Search by clicking "Add a Site" from http://www.pilot-search.com. Registering all individual articles, literature, interviews, services, and other literary URLs is not only welcome but strongly suggested.

Also, the Internet's premier literary search engine can be accessed from independent Web sites.  Webmasters can simply copy the search box code from http://www.pilot-search.com/addpilot.html and give users the power of Pilot-Search. With a Pilot-Search box on a site, continually updating cumbersome pages of links will no longer be necessary.

For anyone wanting to find literary resources faster, Pilot-Search.com is the best starting point online.  Bookmark it.

Pilot-Search.com was created by Pif Magazine and Zine-X.