Top 50 Search Engines

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Top 50 Search Engines

Basically, a search engine is a software program that searches for sites based on

the words that you designate as search terms. Search engines look through their

own databases of information in order to find what it is that you are looking

for. How Do Search Engines Work?

Search engines are not simple. They include incredibly detailed processes and

methodologies, and are updated all the time. This is a bare bones look at how

search engines work to retrieve your search results. All search engines go by this

basic process when conducting search processes, but because there are

differences in search engines, there are bound to be different results depending

on which engine you use.

The searcher types a query into a search engine.

Search engine software quickly sorts through literally millions of pages in

its database to find matches to this query.

The search engines results are ranked in order of relevancy.

1. Google- Google is a search engine that makes heavy use of link popularity

as a primary way to rank web sites. Users across the web have in essence

voted for good sites by linking to them.

2. Ask Jeeves- Innovative online search service that processes plain-

language queries with surprising accuracy.

3. Lycos Lycos has been around since the early days of the net and is still

one of the most popular search engines. The service employs human

editors for some of its listings, complemented by crawler-based results.The

name Lycos comes from the Latin for wolf spider.

4. Alta Vista- An awesome site from Digital, it maintains a HUGE index with

powerful and FAST search functions. Coverage is excellent so it is good for

broad searching and for offbeat subjects but you can be overwhelmed bytoo many hits. The Advanced Search is useful for finding images,

MP3/audio and video files, and theres the usefulBabelfish Translator .

5. LookSmart- LookSmart is the closest rival Yahoo has, in terms of being a

human-compiled directory of the web. The high quality of the directory is

thanks to a team of nearly 200 full-time professional editors.
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6. Yahoo!-Yahoo is the webs most popular search service and has a well-

deserved reputation for helping people find information easily .The secret

to Yahoos success is human beings. It is the largest human-compiled

guide to the web, employing 80 or more editors in an effort to categorize

the web. Yahoo has at least 1 million sites listed.7. MSN (Microsoft)Microsofts MSN service features both directory listings

and search engine results. Powered by Inktomi, this is now one of the most

powerful search engines.

8. BBC Search The WebThe BBCs family friendly search engine, based

on Google search technology. Results are clear, uncluttered, relevant, and

commercial free. Our results are the ones that best match your search

wordsnot the ones advertisers want you to see. Excellent!

9. GigaBlastGigablast is a new search-engine that looks set to challenge

Google. Its been set up by a New Mexican Software Engineer, and already

producing great search results.

10.GO NetworkGo is the reincarnation of Infoseek, a newly designed site

claiming to have enhanced capabilities, with a 50% larger search index and

search results pages that are 30% faster. It offers portal features such as

personalization and free e-mail.

11.HotBotThis search engine has a great many loyal fans.It very often comes

up with the goods where other engines fail.

12.Open DirectoryNetScapes Open Directory Project aims to build the most

comprehensive human-reviewed directory of the web, by relying on a vast

army of volunteer editors.13.Teoma SearchTeoma, which means expert in Gaelic, determines the

authority or quality of a sites content, by using Subject-Specific

Popularity. Subject-Specific Popularity ranks a site based on the number of

same-subject pages that reference it, not just general popularity.

14.FAST SearchOne of the new generation of search services, armed with

next-generation technology. FAST aims to be bigger, speedier and more

accurate than the existing major search engines.

15.Multi SearchMulti Search is a powerful tool which will search all the top

search engines with one click.16.WebcrawlerOne of the first and biggest search engines, and it still

produces highly relevant results.

17.REXThis is a VERY nice site a little sense of humour, very professionally

done.

18.HandiLinksThis is a great directory. HandiLinks listings are all organized

into a hierarchical index and its fast and easy-to-use. It has extensive
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categorization, and uses a frame design that aids rather than getting in the

way of searches.

19.Snap.comSnap.com is a human-compiled directory of web sites,

supplemented by search results. It aims to challenge Yahoo as the

champion of categorizing the web.20.Scour.NetA useful multimedia search engine. Use it to find audio, video,

images and animation Scour.Net takes you directly to the multimedia you

are searching for, quickly and easily.

21.AAA MatildaThe most popular search engine outside of North America.

Matilda is a very individual search engine from Australia, and growing

rapidly in popularity.

22.UK PlusUK Plus features reviews of UK-relevant sites, prepared by a team

of journalists. Reviews are grouped into various channels,covering

everything from Arts and Business to Travel and Work. They are also

searchable.

23.Direct HitThis Popularity Engine tracks the sites that people actually select

from the search results list. By analyzing the activity of millions of previous

Internet searchers, Direct Hit determines the most popular and relevant

sites for your search request.

24.DogpileSends a search to a customizable list of search engines, directories

and specialty search sites.

25.Britannica Internet GuideThis site strives to list only the highest quality

sites on the Net. Its now integrated into the Britannicca.com website, so

you get a high-quality search engine and encyclopaedia at the same time.26.Go2NetThis is a metacrawler, in other words it searches several other

search engines in order to obtain its results. Rapidly gaining in popularity

as a web portal.

27.Alba36.comA human reviewed searchable directory to over 2700 specialty

and regional search engines, vortals, portals,topical guides, specialized

directories and the best web sites.

28.WhosBest.comA search engine that gives ratings for each site.

29.ANZWERSANZWERS (Australian and New Zealand Web Enquiry and

Research System) offers visitors the ability to quickly conduct region anddomain specific searches.

30.MammaSends search requests to seven major search engines.

31.NewsTrawlerAllows you to send a query to one or more news sites from

one location. Hundreds of sites are listed, by country and by category.

32.EuroSeekEuroSeek is distinguished from other such engines by a multi-

lingual interface.
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33.Your WebScoutA popular index of the Nets best Web sites, discussion

groups and archives.

34.Northern LightA professional researchers favourite, because it organises

material so well by topic. Based in Canada.

35.SelectSurfAn excellent website directory, that doesnt overwhelm with toomany sites.

36.BrightGate MetaSearchSearches over 20 search engines using a parallel

metasearch.

37.NewsBotHotBots news-only search service.

38.UKMaxUKMax allows users to search only pages within the .uk domain or

perform a worldwide search. It also offers some directory listings, regional

news content, weather reports, and portal features such as portfolio

tracking.

39.SearchUKLists UK-related domains.

40.Global Online Directory (GOD)UK based search engine.

41.GoToGoTo is the only major search engine which sells listings. Companies

can pay money to be placed higher in the search results, which GoTo feels

improves relevancy.

42.Internet SleuthAllows you to search the standard search engine choices or

a huge number of specialty sites, all from the same place.

43.Search SpanielThis dog sniffs out several of major search engines at the

same time, or you can choose to do the same with an extensive list of

specialty search services, such as for entertainment or employment

information.44.SavvySearchMetacrawler type engine.

45.BOTBOT.comBOTBOT parallel search engine and Web Directory Get

multiple results using advanced parallel search technology.Search the

Web, News, MP3, Images, Audio, Video and more. Comes up with some

good results.

46.UK IndexLists sites based in the UK or that are UK-relevant.

47.MetafindSimilar to Dogpile, except that searches only go to search engines.

48.HuskySearchThe author of MetaCrawler continues research into

information retrieval with this University of Washington-based metacrawler.49.MiragoUK directory and search engine.

50.HealthLinksMassive directory listing over 4,600 health related websites in

150 categories.
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