| Straight
Search |
MetaSearch |
Grouped
Results |
Directories |
Specialty
Search Images
Google
Image Search
AltaVista
Image Search
Music
Kazaa
Lite*
Bearshare
WinMX*
News
Google
News
DayPop
Ananova
Yellow
Page
sInfoSpace
Shopping
MySimon*
BizRate
Help/How-To
Learn2
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| Google* |
Dogpile |
GigaBlast* |
Yahoo |
| Usually
the first place we turn. Accurate results, simple interface. |
Uses
several different engines to display pages of results. |
Clean
interface and quality grouped "Topics."The index is fresh
and fast. |
Most
popular search directory. Strong in business. Excellent portal. |
| Teoma* |
Metacrawler |
Wisenut |
Excite |
| Fast
becoming our engine of choice. Excellent results with few sponsored
links. Complimented by a great "Resources" area that contains
human aided choices and a "Refine" area with related topics. |
Largely
a pay-for-listing site, but well laid out results from Overture, FindWhat,
Looksmart, etc. Includes a directory. |
Straight-ahead
interface leads to nicely grouped results. |
A
portal search engine, combines results from several other engines.
Presents traditional list and expandable hierarchy. Ad-heavy. |
| AltaVista |
Mamma |
Northern
Light |
About* |
| Huge
index sometimes leads to more results than you can handle. |
Straightforward
search, minimal sponsored links, good query refinement links. |
Results
include books and other publications. All is not for fee though. |
Unique
and effective "topic portal." Wide variety of human-managed
topic areas. Particularly good for hobbyists. |
| AskJeeves |
Search.com |
Vivisimo* |
LookSmart |
| A
"natural language" search engine dominated by sponsored
links. No real advantage to the natural language concept here. |
Owned
by CNet. Straightforward search, good "related" links across
top. Try "Research By Topic." |
Solid
Results, few sponsored links, and an excellent expandable topic hierarchy. |
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| Fast
Search |
SurfWax |
Kartoo |
Lycos |
| Straightfoward search. Few sponsored
links.Interesting FTP files section. Average results overall. |
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Kartoo
is a "visual search engine." You may love it or hate it,
but it's definitely unique! |
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