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| A Word About Search Engines | An InDepth Study was performed on todays Top Search Engines to figure out just how accurate and complete they were. The result of the survey showed that even the very best search engines only catalog about 23% of the Net. Because of this many informational sites might be missed if you use just one search engine. Click Here for a list of MEGA-Search Engines that search through more than one search engine at a time. |
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AltaVista
Web and Usenet News searcher has indexed millions of sites. Alta Vista users can perform complex searches or get personalized news and stocks. America Online Search 
Find web resources with America Online's own search engine. Answers.Com
Ask questions and get responses from other users of Answers.com. Companies can use this service to create individual dialogue with its customers. Ask Jeeves Real-language search engine lets users ask questions without knowledge of boolean algebra. Find games, postcards and popular search listings. Deja.com Choose to quick or power search newsgroups and to find a newsgroup to fit an interest. Participate in discussion with these forums. Electric Monk Resource finds answers to real English questions instead of keyword queries. Explore a FAQ, user comments and technical specifications. Excite Use this well-known service to search by keyword or text strings, or browse the categories of reviewed sites. FAST Search Offers an enormous database for fulfilling search requests on the desktop. View company background, partnerships, and FAQs. FileQuest.com Offers file players, encoders, and rippers. Also provides entertainment news and featured RealAudio selections. Finding Data on the Internet Journalists' guide to using the Web for database research, includes links to data on air safety, campaign contributions, medicine and crime. FTP search Read the search and formatting parameters, then begin using this FTP search engine located on a server in Trondheim, Norway. Galaxy Einet Search using keywords, title or link text searches within chosen categories. Allows users to define the display of search results. Gateway.net Computer manufacturer provides this starting point, which features news and weather. Find links of interest to women, gamers, kids and shoppers. Web-exploration tool uses multiple search engines, newsgroup directories, and consumer resources to answer keyword queries. Goto.com Searach by keyword, or browse the categories of this directory that includes short reviews of the sites listed. GoTo.com Search results based on a search word bidding process. Link to RegisterIt! enables one to register a site with 400 search engines. HotBot Wired magazine's search engine, powered by Inktomi, allows users to search within particular geographic or Web areas. Infoseek Search engine offers keyword and category searches, news, free Web advertising, chat rooms and free Web pages. LookSmart Categorical Web directory has more than 60,000 categories pertaining to almost any topic imaginable. Each site included features a brief review. Lycos Customizable search engine allows users to enter a search string or browse the Web by subject. Includes a section for newcomers. Magellan Smart search recognizes concepts related to keyword searches and returns them in order of relevancy. Northern Light Search the web and a sizeable number of sources including WSJ abstracts, newswires and periodicals. Includes tools for customized searches. Official Search
Search engine only returns official or authorized Web sites. Browse categories of official movies, TV shows, bands, and magazine sites. OneSeek.com Features a web directory, a guide to web rings, and access to numerous search engines. PlanetSearch Search by keyword for Web sites, email addresses, company, government and personal homepages, and international white and yellow pages. RealNames Marketing and resource company helps users find Web addresses through a company's proper or domain name. Snap! 
NBC's directory offers more than a dozen categories, including education, news, oddities and sports. SSE Server and SSE Web Search engine and Web tool utilizes XML technology. Learn about product architecture and find out how to apply in various industry settings. Starting Point Search engine and directory includes a select listing of sites under 12 categories. Personalize listings by adding favorite URLs. WebCrawler Portal offers simple searches, directory-style lists, headline news, and personal productivity tools. Also has a people finder and maps. Yahoo! Original search engine and directory. Search the entire database at once, or comb through the categories. Ah-ha.com Do a keyword search of the Internet, or browse through this directory's different categories. Get news, sports and stock quotes. Yep.com Category based search engine offers sites reviewed by quality and popularity. Offers a guide to auto shopping plus free chat and email addresses. |
| META-SEARCH ENGINES:(search through more than one at a time) |
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iTools
Research-It! and Find-It! products allow users to search multiple Web references from a single point. Promote-It! helps one advertise Web sites. 101 SuperSeek 
Meta-search engine accesses 12 individual engines and more than 1,000 specialized directories. 37.com Search 37 search engines from one point. Check out the categorized lists for a more narrow scope. 411.com Meta search engine lets visitors search through phone books, business registries, and email databases to find people, places, and businesses. All4one Search Machine Perform simultaneous and speedy, frames-based keyword search of AltaVista, Yahoo!, Lycos and WebCrawler. Byte Search Use keywords to search this meta-search engine that provides access to dictionaries, newswires and the Web. C4 - Total Search Technology Find details about autos, books, health and sports on this lateral search engine. Also include quick links for more information. Debriefing Meta Search Engine Java-based search crawls AltaVista, Yahoo!, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler, Lycos and Hotbot to return collated results. Dogpile Meta-search engine returns query results from other Web search engines, Usenet, FTP sites, stock quotes and news from wire services. FinderSeeker Search for search engines by country, category, or keywords. Includes Albanian, Icelandic, and Vietnamese search engines. FindSpot Offers free access to Internet and Usenet search engines and directories. Includes multiple search syntax and example-based help. Freeweb Central Resource brings together different search engines and services as a gateway to free information available on the Web. Hulabaloo Meta-search guide extracts results from more than 15 engines. Perform a quick search on 30 subjects, or submit a page for inclusion. Husky Search Keyword, parallel Web search service in fast, default and quality formats is provided as a service by the University of Washington. Inference Find Queries six search engines at once, merges the results, removes redundancies and categorizes the sites. Internet Sleuth Choose from more than 3,000 searchable databases. Narrow searches down by selecting from over 20 subject listings. Mamma - Mother of All Search Engines Meta-search engine searches Web sites, magazines, newspapers, newsgroups, companies and MP3 files. MESS - Multi Engine Search Script Browse the extensive listing of general and global search engines. Includes tools for finding employment sites and reverse phone look-ups. Metacrawler Metasearch returns answers to queries from 9 popular search engines. Ten search channels, forums, and links to major ecommerce sites. MetaFind Your Search Spot on the Net Use six search engines at once using this tool, and sort results by keyword, engine or domain, or alphabetically. My Search Engines Find links to 206 search engines divided by category, or browse a complete A to Z list. OneBlink.com Use this search guide to find a specified topic through a variety of different and smaller search engines. Enter a keyword to get listings. ProFusion
Search engine uses artificial intelligence to categorize queries and then selects the best search sources based on past performance. Proteus Internet Search Search uses various, typical meta-search engines or more specific Web directories such as Dogpile, Yahooligans and Healthfinder. Refdesk.com Large index of general and specialized search engines and directories is browsable by topic or by title. SavvySearch Sends queries to 19 search engines and collates the results. Choose from more than 15 languages. Search.com Find sites by searching by subject or by keyword using a selection of search engines. USA.com Meta-search engine links to people finders, place finders and shopping on the Web. Also, find other search engines. WebInfoSearch Search over 50 search engines, including LookSmart, from one search field. Also search for people, businesses, and addresses. 800go.com Allows users to perform a keyword search choosing from 12 search engines. Find links to horoscopes, weather reports and news. Aequorea Interactive 
Fast loading site aggregates more than 25 search pages and directories. Type in your search query and choose the search engine. |
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