Searching for software on TUCOWS is easy once you learn a
few simple methods! By breaking the search process into a
few simple steps, this search tutorial is intended to help
you understand and feel comfortable with the process. This
tutorial should be useful both for first-timers and for those
who want a refresher on whats involved.
Searching starts with you knowing which software you want
to get. If you're not sure what you're looking for and want
to browse through a list, see the TUCOWS
Index of Software or this
month's top picks.) For this tutorial we will illustrate
how to search for a computer game - "Animated Chinese
Checkers" for Windows 95/98, published by Ultisoft. We
will use Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 98.
This tutorial illustrates a quick method to search for, then
find the TUCOWS download location of the Animated Chinese Checkers
game software. A separate download
tutorial takes you through the steps involved in selecting,
downloading, installing and starting the same piece of software (Animated Chinese
Checkers)
from the TUCOWS site, and shows you what you will see on your
screen along the way.
After reading through this search tutorial, try searching yourself. We've included a fully-functional search box at the bottom of this page that you can use to search immediately after reading this tutorial.
We suggest you print this page after reading it.
Search TUCOWS for a known program name in three steps.
- Enter Search Keyword
- Review Search Results
- Indicate Closest Site
1. Enter
Search Keyword and Indicate Category
On the TUCOWS home page (www.tucows.com) simply type the name
of the software you're looking for in the box provided. Spell
it exactly if you know how (e.g. "animated chinese checkers"); it doesn't matter
if you type capitals or lower-case letters. If you're unsure
of the spelling, type the part of the software name you do know
(e.g. "animated" or "chinese"). Then click to choose the category which best corresponds
with the software you're looking for. Click the Go!
button to start searching.
* If you do not indicate a search category, your search
results will include matches for all TUCOWS software (including all platforms - Windows, Macintosh, etc.), and you'll
have to scroll through the results to find the one that matches
your computer's platform.
Back to the beginning
2. Review
Search Results then Click to Download
TUCOWS
matches your search keyword with the software titles and their
descriptions in our software libraries. The results of your search
are displayed alphabetically, up to 20 items per page. Scroll through
the page(s) to see if we have what you're looking for - you
may have to click to view other pages containing your search
results. Read the software description and check the computer
platform it's for, then click the Download Now! button
whan you're ready.
Sometimes you'll see a Buy Now! or Purchase it Now! button beside the software title you've found. Click that button for a shortcut to the TUCOWS Shop site, 
where the software you've found is automatically added to your Shopping Cart, and you can purchase and download the software in a few minutes. (Read our TUCOWS Shopping Tutorial.)
Back to the beginning
3. Indicate
Closest Site for Fastest Download
After clicking the Download Now! button, you'll usually need
to choose the geographical location closest to you, so that
you can download the file as fast as possible. (Downloading
software over the Internet takes time - the larger the filesize,
the longer it takes.)
After picking your country or region (by clicking its name in
the list), click the Continue button to choose the TUCOWS
mirror site closest to you. Now you're ready to download
the software you've found - and once you click the mirror
link to the download page the file should start downloading
automatically.
Back to the beginning
Try it yourself now!
Once you've gone through this tutorial and feel comfortable
with searching, go ahead and try it yourself (print this tutorial
first if you want).
Click in the box below, then type "Animated Chinese Checkers"
(or anything else you want) to try a search now. This search
box searches "All TUCOWS Software" automatically. Click the
"Go" button to search.
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Type name of
software here -->
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