Using regular expressions in internet searches

[Jp Calderone]

On 3 Jul 2005 10:49:03 -0700, mike.ceravolo at gmail.com wrote:
>What is the best way to use regular expressions to extract information
>from the internet if one wants to search multiple pages? Let's say I
>want to search all of www.cnn.com and get a list of all the words that
>follow "Michael."
>
>(1) Is Python the best language for this? (Plus is it time-efficient?)
>Is there already a search engine that can do this?
>
>(2) How can I search multiple web pages within a single location or
>path?
>
>TIA,
>
>Mike
>

Is a google search for "site:cnn.com Michael" not up to the task?

Jp