Tramp skrev:
> In article <4474687b$1@news.henrynet.se>,
> vegard_krog_petersen@hotmail.com says...
> |Tramp, just a curious question (not regarding your views on freeware,
> |adware, trialware): How do you go about finding these "freeware" programs?
> |
> |Just type 'freeware' in Google and continue from there, or what?
>
> I've done that before. Still do infact. :-) I will use other search
> terms as well like
>
> my freeware, my free software, my software, my programs, my freeware
> programs, my old software, my new freeware, my new program, download
> this freeware program, small freeware, this small program, tiny
> freeware, new freeware, no install freeware, no install program, no
> install software, standalone freeware, standalone program, standalone
> programs, USB programs, USB freeware, etc.
>
> It's all about how you search and what you search for. You can get
> different results using different terms and different search engines.
>
> There are some others ways as well.
>
> Someone will post some info about a program on a forum or blog and I
> will check it out.
>
> Some friends of mine send me info on programs. All my friends travel is
> slightly different Internet circles. There is of course some overlap.
>
> I would get computer magazines that came with cover disks. Some of the
> programs on them are new to me. And even if a program is Shareware
> there's a good chance that the author also has a few Freeware programs
> so I go and check out their sites.
>
> I will be searching for a program (say an address book) and I might
> check out some of the usual freeware sites or just try searching for it
> in Google. When I go an authors site I will follow any links they have o
> other programs/sites and keep doing that. Never can tell where you might
> end up. :-)