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General Search Engines and Directoriesis one of the largest search engines on the web, in terms of pages indexed. Its comprehensive coverage and wide range of power searching commands makes it a particular favorite among researchers. In addition to crawler-based web page matches, it also offers news search, shopping search, multimedia search and human-powered directory results from LookSmart (see below). is a human-powered search service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your question. Links to top web sites and content from the Encyclopedia Britannica, in one place. consistently has one of the largest indexes of the web. is a search engine that makes heavy use of link popularity as a primary way to rank web sites. This can be especially helpful in finding good sites in response to general searches such as "cars" and "travel," because users across the web have in essence voted for good sites by linking to them. The system works so well that Google has gained wide-spread praise for its high relevancy. Google also has a huge directory of web sites. is a search engine that is a favourite among researchers due to its many power searching features. It also has a directory of web sites. is a human-compiled directory of web sites. is another favorite search engine among researchers. It features a large index of the web, along with the ability to cluster documents by topic. uses volunteer editors to catalog the web. spiders pages only from web sites listed in important web directories, in an attempt to present only "important" pages. If you are worried about privacy, perhaps TopClick is for you. Powered by Google, TopClick uses no cookies nor ad profiling technologies. is the web's most popular search engine and has a well-deserved reputation for helping people find information easily. The secret to Yahoo's success is human beings. It is the largest human-compiled directory to the web, employing about 150 editors in an effort to categorize the web. |
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AUSTRALIAN SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORIESis a search engine that lists pages from sites within the .au (Australia) and .nz (New Zealand) domains. It also provides global coverage. |
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METACRAWLERSMeta search engine that ranks results based on the number of "top 10" rankings a site receives from the various search engines. Enter a search term, and Vivismo will not only pull back matching responses from major search engines but also automatically organize the pages into categories. Slick and easy to use. One of the oldest meta search services Search Search.com is a meta search engine operated by Cnet. It offers both web-wide search and a wide variety of specialty search options. In a compact format, InfoGrid provides direct links to major search sites and topical web sites in different categories. Meta search and news searching is also offered. Customizable, with broken link detection and search tracking available. Formerly based at the University of Kansas, the site was purchased by search company Intelliseek in April 2000. Searches against major web-wide search engines, as well as major news, health, money and government search services. Searches the major search engines, removes duplicate results, provides context highlighting, helps users focus search words, provides detailed page summaries. Popular metasearch site that sends a search to a customizable list of search engines, directories and specialty search sites, then displays results from each search engine individually. Owned by Go2Net, which also owns MetaCrawler. |
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