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Top Ranked Tools
Dataware
Ixquick
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Directory
Yahoo
Excite
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- Multi and Meta Search
Engines
- Meta Search engines are search tools
which look across multiple databases and often eliminate redundant
listings. All of the top 12 meta search engines are good bets.
Which one you use depends on the features you like the most.
- Ixquick IQ 145
- Fast and most comprehensive meta
search engine. Searches 14 engines. Results ranked by relevancy
and includes information on which search engine it came from.
Currently one of the few meta search tools that supports regular
searches, natural language searches, and advanced Boolean searches, and knows which engines. can handle which types of
searches. If a page is listed in more than one search engine,
Ixquick tells you which engines and how it was ranked.
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- Dataware IQ 140
- A set of meta search engines that
provides user options to customize results and groups findings by
topic. Includes meta search options for general searches, financial searches, health/ medical and federal government searches. "Categorizes, and
ranks your results, according to the options you choose." The only
complaint we had with this service was that it was slow relative
to most search services.
- ZWorks
IQ 140
- This meta search engine is one of
the best. Similar to Ixquick Zworks individual formats your query for
each search engine. Results are they ranked based on the
cumulative score of all the search engines for relevance with
similar listings from the same url being eliminated. Expect for
its slightly cluttered appearance this search tool is a
winner.
- BigHub IQ 130
- Simultaneous searches eight popular
search engines, directories, review sites, usenet, and more.
Results presented on one continuous page using a simple clean
layout. Includes cumbersome and limited directory of specialty
search engines.
- C4 IQ 130
- C4 is the improved version of the
already excellent meta search engine cyber 411. Comprehensive, but
occasionally slow searches of up to 16 search engines with one
query. Present results in groups of ten, with duplicates and
irrelevant listings included. C4 is the new version with
additional search features and personalization features.
- InfoZoid IQ 130
- Easy to use meta search engine, now
if they'd just get rid of all those annoying flashing banners.
Includes the ability to control searches, and description for
listings. Searches 8 engines quickly. Listings are average in
relevancy, shown as one long easy to scroll page. Does include
redundant listings.
- Search.com IQ 130
- CNet's specialty meta search engine.
Unlike other meta search engines, this engine does more than
search just the large databases like Lycos, or Excite. Based on
your category selection it will meta search some of the most
prominent specialty databases in that area. I.e. for Business
searches, Bloomberg is one of the databases searched.
- Specialty meta search engines are a
great idea, of course the results you get will depend on the
quality, range and scope of the databases searched. In the case of
search.com these are all top notch. Yet, yet we expected this idea
to yield even more targeted and comprehensive results. Where this
engine falls short is that its core meta search engine is limited
compared and suffers in terms of relevance compared to some of the
best meta search engines such as Ixquick. Where Search excels in the area of
specialty meta searching and is definitely worth a try.
- AskJeeves IQ 125
- Provides an uncluttered, appealing
interface for the beginning searcher. A good starting point for
most searches, with redundancies eliminated. Urls for Ask Jeeves
include: aj.com, ask.com, askjeeves.com
- Centrapoint IQ 125
- A good cleanly designed meta search
engine. Now supposedly ranks sites according to their popularity
in the search engines. Could still use improvement in the
relevancy of results. Worth a try.
- IqSeek IQ 125Cluttered homepage
design to this meta search engine. Does include ability to control
which of 15 search engines are used, provides results in one
convenient long list, unfortunately with redundancies
included.
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- Karnak
Library IQ 125
- Register to use this meta search
tool. Queries take 8-20 minutes and the results page is emailed to
you. Regularly updates its findings and keeps the information for
you at the site. Findings are comprehensive and ranked by
relevancy. In internet time this is a slooww search tool, but its
ability to dig deep over time can't be beat. For ongoing research
projects, this may be the search tool to try.
- Mamma IQ 125
- Searches over ten engines and
directories. Results presented in groups of 10. No control over
the search apparent. Relevancy is average, and identical listings
from redundant sites included. Partner site SearchBug is
good for finding people.
- MonsterCrawler IQ 125
- Searches 6 of the top search
engines. Similar search structure as Brightgate.com but with fewer
engines searched and fewer personalization features. This meta
search engine is slow, provides little control over the search and
includes redundant listings. Does have a clean and simply home
page and results page design.
- RedeSearch IQ 125
- Fast comprehensive search of ten
popular search engines. Provides one long list of listings,
organized by search engine. Clean easy to use layout. The new Google of
meta search engines. Attempts to find 10-25 listings from each
engine.
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- Sherlockhound IQ 125
- Searches 9 of the top search
engines. Lists the results by search engine on one long page. Easy
to scan results but could be improved by integrating the results
and ranking by relevancy. A good basic meta search engine.
- SkWorm IQ 125
- Category based directory of search
tools. Click on a category and it gives you a choice of
approximately six appropriate search and specialty search
engines.
- SurfWax IQ 125
- Unique format that you'll love or
hate. Run a search on the 12 search engines and get up to 400
listings back, in the left column. Click on the green button to
get an instant overview of the listing in the right hand column of
your browser. This engine is fast, comprehensive and provides the
all to common redundant listings associated with most meta search
engines. Its worth a try and you may love it depending on how you
like your results dished up.
- 2TROM IQ 125
- This meta search engine has an easy
to read layout with just the right level of information including
category links to news feeds, weather and TV listings. Performance
as good as many meta search engines.
- Baldey IQ 120
- Meta search engine with competent
performance. Is comprehensive and searches the largest databases
but neglects to sift out similar listings from the same
url.
- Meta IQ IQ 120
- Previously SearchEnginesGalore.
Search 12 of the top search engines at one time, or individually
(automatically selects 5 to start). Given the range of types of
search engines (from popularity to general use) MetaIQ uses it
should provide more relevant results. Includes a small "subject
directory" of of search engines and selected sites. Does provide
the ability to control search engines searched and results are
provided in one long easy to read list. Now includes "Ask an
Expert" for those questions you can't find an answer to on your
own. Uses volunteer "experts" to respond to questions emailed in
for many topic areas. We didn't test this feature but like the
notion of tapping the knowledge of individuals.
- Searchbug
- A meta search engine using the same
database as Mamma.com (IQ 125) with similar results above average
results.
- zInternet IQ 120
- Powered by Mamma (see review
above).
- Findspot IQ 115
- A directory of search engines and
search engine tools.
- Simpli IQ 115
- New technology quasi meta search
engine. Starting with a clean homepage design this search engine
provides the ubiquitous query box. After entering your keywords
and hitting the return key this engine does a preliminary sort and
comes up with one or more core categories to search in the
scrollable menu below the query box. If the category is
appropriate (e.g. if you enter trimaran, it will suggest
"sailboat"), the next step is to click on the search button for
the actual search.
- We like the effort to narrow the
search via a preliminary search but does it improve the relevancy
of the following search? In our tests we found only average
relevancy of suggested listings. This could be due to the limited
number of databases searched (only 3, DirectHit, Inktomi, Excite)
and the lack of any filtering system to sort the results based on
cumulative relevancy. Another annoying problem was the lack of a
search box on the results page. I.e. you need to hit to return to
the home page to start a search. Unlike some search engines which
sit stagnant after their initial development we have high hopes
for Simpli as they continue to work on the quality of this search
tool. (read their press release)
- Black Widow IQ 110
- Meta search engine and links to core
categories from the Open Directory Project. If meta search engines are
a good tool and directories are another than putting the two
together should create a killer search tool. Right? Given the
mediocre performance of this meta search engine, low relevancy of
listings, you're better off using a high quality meta search
engine, one that searches the Open Project Directory such as: ZWorks.
- Dogpile IQ 110
- One of the first and most commonly
used meta search engines, dogpile searches 3 databases at a time
and then asks if you want to search more. Provides options
allowing you to select which databases to search Results are
average in relevancy and is sequential mode of searching is more
cumbersome than many of the newer, more accurate and comprehensive
meta search engines.
- Proteus
IQ 110
- An easy way to access 30 of the most
popular search engines and meta search tools.
- Searchrunner IQ 110
- This meta search engine is fast,
covering up to ? 20 search engines. To use this search tool first
you need to find the query box on this poorly designed homepage.
Once this engine starts, its a sprinter, returning up to 250
results. Unfortunately it runs in circles, returning many
duplicate listings. Speed and comprehensiveness are high, if you
don't mind wading through 100s of listings unorganized
listings.
- Voyager
IQ 110
- Meta search engine that groups pages
by site. Use the features on the query form to customize your
search.
AskScott
IQ 105
- AskScott queries you as to the type
of search you are making. It uses your answers to lead you through
a decision tree to a search engine best suited to a specific type
of query. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to have been updated
recently and depends on a limited number of engines.
- BetterBrain IQ 105
- Searches the top 12 search engines
and presents results organized by engine in one long easy to read
scrollable list.
- CurryGuide
IQ 105
- Meta search engine providing the top
3 results from FAST, Altavista and Excite. Does allow searches to
be limited by country.
- FooSearch IQ 105
- Searches the top five search
engines. Provides the top ten listings from each categorized by
engine.
- FreezerSearch IQ 105
- A meta search engine. Searches up to
10 engines at once, depending on how many you select. Results
provided in hard to read typeface, with no information as to
relevance or which search engine found.
- MetaCrawler IQ 105
- Metacrawler simultaneously searches
12 of the Internet's leading search engines. Has the option to
sort results by relevance, by source search engine, or by
originating site. This popular search tool suffers from low
relevancy of listings and has been left in the dust by the newer
more accurate meta search engines.
- PopularSites IQ 105
- Searches the top six search engines.
Results include many redundant listings.
- SavvySearch IQ 105
- Searches up to 12 engines including:
Lycos, WebCrawler, Google, All The Web, Thunderstone, Infoseek,
Direct Hit, HotBot, Excite, Galaxy, AltaVista, NationalDirectory
and Usenet.
- The Search
Page IQ 105
- 220+ hyperlinks for people who want
to search the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW) for something but
don't know where to start.
- www37
IQ 105
- A meta search engine that is
supposed to search up to 37 search engines. Homepage design is
cluttered and hard to use. Ability to control search engines
limited and relevancy only average. Results pages are poorly laid
out. In this case, more is not better.
- AlfaSeek IQ 100
- Multiple query form for meta search
and other search engines. This search tool is based on the idea
that if meta search engines are a good idea, access to more meta
search engines is even better. How do you spell "redundant?"
Searching with multiple meta search engines is generally a waste
of time. It makes far more sense just to pick one of the top
ranked meta search engines, and use it.
- AskArchie
IQ 100
- Claims to be a meta search engine,
but our tests found it only searched the Open Project Directory
database.
- Highway
61 IQ 100
- Searches limited to Yahoo,
Webcrawler and Excite. Does provide a quote to read while waiting
for search results.
- Langenberg IQ 100
- Awkward graphic interface and
organization.
- MyGo
IQ 100
- Average performing meta search
engine. Includes far to many redundant listings. Provides links at
the bottom of the page to 19 of the most popular individual search
engines.
- One2Seek
IQ 100
- This meta search engine gets points
for its comprehensiveness and its ability to enable users to
customize searches, including a natural language query option and
a family filter. Unfortunately relevancy doesn't appear to play a
role in listings provided.
- Search123 IQ 100
- Formerly SearchSpaniel (a mutt),
Search123 is now an average performing meta search engine. It
covers a limited number of databases. Unlike most current meta
search engines that list all results together (and indicate which
search engine they came from) this meta search engine just groups
them by search engine giving the user the task of sifting through
redundant listings.
- SearchSpot IQ 100
- Provides access to multiple search
engines and a front door to 4anything.com. Includes a pop up
window on the left side of your browser for selecting which search
engines to use. Unfortunately this was not operative using
Netscape or Internet Explorer browsers operating from a Macintosh
computer.
- SmartBorg IQ
100
- To find the best search engine for
the job enter a word or a phrase and SmartBorg suggests a search
engine to use. We love the idea, now if it just added value to the
search process. In our tests we found its recommendations didn't
always jive with what we were looking for. Overall it directed us
to competent search engines but you'd could do just as well by
starting with a good meta search engine or the appropriate
specialty search engine.
- Surfy
IQ 100
- Average performing meta search
engine with cute surfy images next to each listing. Not our first
choice of a search tool but not our last.
- Web-Search
IQ 100
- Average performing meta search
engine. You can select which engines to search. Results grouped by
engine and reflecting the relevancy of the individual
engines.
- Worldlight IQ 100
- An limited meta search engine
covering only 4 search engines (2 of which use the same database).
Results are average in accuracy (7 out of 10 where relevant) and
include a high level of redundancy.
- All4One
IQ 90
- Uses confusing 4 frame layout to
present search results from 4 popular engines.
- 1Blink IQ 90
- Clumsy meta search engine that only
searches two engines at a time. Searching of additional engines
available. Includes links to the Open Project Directory for
limited category searching. A rewrite of their basic algorthim is
needed to search all search engines at once and provide an
integrated results page with sites ranked by relevance as a
growing number of other meta search engines have done. Not
recommended.
- Debriefing IQ 90
- Searches the top 5 most popular
search engines. Very fast, but current page design is almost
illegible.
- Digisearch
IQ 90
- This meta search engine has
potential but its unrealized as of yet. Provides the ability to
select up to 15 search engines. Unfortunately results are
presented in confusing layout and include redundant listings. Use
of this engine is buggy and regularly it freezes or dies while
posting results pages.
- Findit-Quick
IQ 90
- Worse than average meta search
engine with unappealing graphics, poor relevancy and an emphasis
on promoting adult listings. Not recommended.
- ForkZ
IQ 90
- A version of the Open Project
Directory which provides extremely limited results of poor
relevancy.
- FrameSearch IQ 90
- You select from scrollable lists the
4 engines to search. It provides the search engines results pages
in 4 frames, similar to All4One.
- Freeality IQ 90
- A simple way to search multiple
search engines by category. Not a true meta search engine but
provides access to 100s of search sources, many are just
commercial sites with limited listings.
- Gohip
IQ 90
- “A metasearch which returns results
from three (3) pay-per-click engines in sequence (followed by MSN
results to make it look a bit better): Goto, Kanoodle, and
Findwhat. Serious web searchers should be aware that this doesn't
offer a fair cross-section of major search engines and
directories“ Reviewed by Andrew Goodman, Traffick.com
- While this site provides access to
the search engines, unlike most meta search tools it doesn't
consolidate the information and prioritize it making the search
process an excessive data dump. And instead of loading one results
page see how bogged down your computer gets went it tries to load
4-10 results pages at once with attendant adds. Not recommended
for general use. If you can find your subject area in the short list of specialty search engines they are
each worth a try, just don't select more than one or two at a
time.
- keyword.com IQ 90
- Use internet keywords to search 6
search engines. Results provided in one long list with redundant
listings. Keyword registration provided if you provide personal
financial information, etc.
- MaximumEdge IQ 90
- Meta search engine that covers 8
search engine databases including the largest ones. Unfortunately
results aren't analyzed for relevancy and only 6 out of 10 are
remotely on target.
- MyProwler IQ 90
- Meta search engine without the
advertising banners. While this is a nice feature this search tool
only covers a limited number of databases and provides less than
average relevancy (4 out of 10).
- Pegasoweb
IQ 90
- Meta search engine that allows you
to search by category. Unfortunately this engine is marred by poor
relevance of findings. Not recommended.
- Proteus for Young People
IQ 90
- Access six search engines for
youth.
- Supercrawler IQ 90
- Searches the top five most popular
engines (Yahoo, Excite, Altavista, Lycos and Infoseek). Provides
one long list of results without indicating which engine they came
from or eliminating the many redundant listings.
- SurfFast
IQ 90
- Provides the search query form to 10
search engines. Not a meta search engine, since each search must
be preformed individually.
- Webtaxi IQ 90
- Not a real meta search engine.
Provides a direct link to the most popular engines.
- Searchthenet IQ 85
- Access 9-12 search engines.,
newsgroups and yellow pages.
- EZCrawler IQ 80
- Meta search engine with homepage
graphics so bad its worth checking our for a laugh. Just don't use
it, its performance is poor, providing low relevancy of findings
and numerous redundant listings.
- Seti-Search IQ 80
- Not a meta-search engine but
provides access to a small assortment (9 total) of search engines
and meta search engines.
- MegaSearch
IQ 60
- This megasearch engine is now just a
front door to mallagent and is extremely slow and disfunctional.
Not recommended.
- Hyperindex
Search IQ
unrated
- Australian meta search engine. Use
automatic phrase based clustering to help query
formulation.
- InfoTiger
Search Engine IQ unrated
- Appears to search multiple databases
in parallel but provides no information on the site as to where
and how it gets information.
- Multimetea IQ unrated
- Bilingual meta search engine,
simultaneous search in several international and German search
engines.
- Netacer
- Version of metagopher. Includes
preselected set of speciality search engines, with only one per
subject category.
- SPDQ
- Directory of search engines and meta
search engines. Includes query forms for many of the engines
listed.
- Worldlight IQ unrated
- Access a handful of popular search
engines.
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Directory of
Directories
Beaucoup! IQ 110.
Well organized lists of 1200+ search
engines, directories and indices.
Proteus
IQ 110.
An easy way to access 30 of the most
popular search engines and meta search tools.
General Search
Engines and Directories
Aesir
Custom Search IQ
105
Use filters to customize output from
search engines.
AlltheSites
Powered by FAST you can expect
similar results to Alltheweb.
Alta
Vista IQ
110
Has one of the largest databases.
Good for specific searches if you don't mind wading through tons
of listings.
Bomis.Com IQ unrated.
Internet ring index with adult
emphasis.
CompletePlanet IQ 90
A searchable directory of search
resources. Claims that 100,000 searchable databases exist on the
net and has over 17,000 in its present database. Our tests found
that results included multiple duplicate listings, sites with no
significant databases, none searchable sites, all mixed in with
key search resources. What a mess! A Fantastic idea but they
forgot to edit the listings their robot gone wild collected. Worth
a look if you’re a search fanatic.
Direct
Hit IQ 100
Supposedly gives you the most
popular sites, but search function and database is limited. If you
are looking for the most popular sites by keyword then this site
maybe for you. If you're looking for the best or most relevant
sites than we suggest you use a search engine like HotBot or
Altavista or better yet a meta search engine. A number of other
search engines use DirectHit's database to provide a handful of
listings at the top of each search results page including: HotBot,
MSN Search, LookSmart and ATTNet.
- Excite IQ 100
- Excites features, its personalized
page with news and portfolio tracking are tops. Unfortunately its
search engine relevancy could be improved.
- Fast Search IQ 90
- Using its spider this search engine
is working to collect a billion urls. To date their database has
300 million making it the largest of the search engines. This
puppy is fast as a greyhound, but they forgot to train it to
eliminate redundancy. If a site has multiple pages on the same
topic, it returns them all requiring you to sift through many many
redundant listings.
- FindLink
IQ 65
- Low relevancy of results. Search
algorithm lacks sophistication and pulls any item that has
keywords in description.
- FindWhat IQ 80
- FindWhat provides a clean and simple
access to an Inktomi powered search engine. Results are influenced
by how much sites pay for listings, not solely based on relevancy.
FindWhat has jumped on the wannabe a millionaire bandwagon and now
offers users a chance to win big bucks for searching.
- First-Search IQ 70
- A search engine that limits results
to the first page of a site, eliminating redundant listings from
the same site, but not redundant listings from duplicate sites. Of
course this also eliminates millions of potentially relevant
sites. Some sites consist of sections covering 100s of
significantly different topics. With First-Search you'll never
find these pages.
- Galaxy IQ 60
- Search results are so low in
relevancy that they are essentially useless.
- GloStart IQ 80
- Best sites on the net updated daily,
though last time we checked the add url function didn't work so
how its updating daily we don't know.
- Google IQ 130
- Its robot collects pages whether
they've been submitted or not making it a very comprehensive
engine. Technically its not a meta search engine but it functions
like one. Now searches Netscape's Open Project Directory in
addition to its own database. Ranks sites by number of incoming
links and the popularity of referring sites. Findings are highly
relevant, particularly for searches with two or more words.
Includes redundant listings.
- Goto.com
IQ 80
- Fast engine where placement is
determined not by relevancy but by how much sites pay for their
listing. Search and find out which sites are paying the most for
your eyeballs.
- HandiLinks IQ 85
- Organized into sub categories/
directories. Interesting concept but operating from a very limited
database.
- HotBot IQ 115
- HotBot uses both the Open Directory
Project and Inktomi's databases. Unfortunately like most search
engines it suffers when it comes to finding relevant listings.
While the Open Directory Project and Inktomi represent two of the
largest databases their size doesn't mean the algorithms used to
sort the data can guarantee accurate results. While HotBot
provides listings that may be somewhat related to the search
terms, its accuracy, i.e. its ability to provide highly relevant
listings is limited as compared to the many meta search engines.
(This is caused in part by trying to be more comprehensive and
including the increasingly inaccurate results from the Open
Project Directory.) Still HotBot it is one of the better
individual search engines and includes advanced search options on
the homepage!
- Hotrate
- Promises to provide relevant
searches. Actually its a combination door into Google's easy to
use and comprehensive search engine and a directory of reviewed
sites, like the Open Directory Project or About.com. Currently
there aren't enough listings in the directory to make it useful,
but submit your sites and keep checking back.
- HumanSearch
IQ 110
- Use a human being to answer your
question. For $8, they'll find what the answer to any
question.
- i-Explorer
- Just another front door to
webcrawler.
- Infohiway IQ 80
- Limited database but provides a
preview function. This lets you view text information from sites
without having to wait for graphics to download. You can buy your
way to a top placement.
- IOPORT
IQ 100
- Searches the open resource project
database.
- Irena
IQ 60
- Search the server of the Australian
National University, Coombs Computing Unit. Research Schools of
Social Sciences & Pacific and Asian Studies, Canberra.
- IWon
IQ 100
- Uses Inktomi's database and provides
listings of average comprehensiveness and accuracy. If you use
this search engine you can win millions. If you're the type that
spends money on Lotto tickets then this search engine is for you.
You won't lose money here, but we suggest you use a search tool
that can survive on its merits rather than need hold out the
carrot of winning millions.
- Jassan Unrated
- Category based search engine.
- LivePerson IQ 90
- Used by LookSmart and
other engines. Ask a live person online for help with your search.
Sounds like a great idea, but for it to work each helper at
liveperson would need to be an expert in everything. Instead of
getting a set of possible sites to choose from liveperson and
WebHelp provide just one suggestion. This is one case where the
computer is smarter than a person, search engines and meta search
engines are a zillion times faster and smarter at sorting through
millions of web sites and providing relevant results.
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- Lycos IQ 105
- Brings together data from FAST,
Direct Search and the Open Project Directory. Only limitation to
being a truly great search engine is its ability to provide
relevant results and eliminate redundant pages. Lycos
- MangaSeeker
- MSN
Search IQ 90
- Not well suited to finding specific
information.
- Netscape
IQ 120
- Netscape uses the Open
Project Directory database Read the review.
- Northern Light
IQ 110
- Northern Light uses its own proprietary
database covering 220 million web pages and 20 million
articles. This search engine is a mixed bag.
We like its
use of folders. When you conduct a search it puts a column of
folders on the left of related topics (reminds us of looking for a
book on a library shelf and actually finding the best resource to
the right or left of where the book we were looking for was
supposed to be). Below each site listed, Northen Light puts a
folder of additional pages from that site, eliminating the
appearance of multiple and or redundant listings from the same
site.
What we don’t like. Unlike meta search engines or the
larger search engines, Northern Light runs of a limited database
covering only a slice of net. Results are interspersed with
articles from Northern Light’s special collection, read pay for
these to read them. Given how much information is free on the net,
we tend to avoid these pay to read services though we don’t doubt
that they may be worth the couple of bucks
charged.
Depending on how you search, Northern Light may be
for you, though we’d recommend that you augment it with one of the
better meta search engines.
- NetFlip IQ 80
- Earn money while searching! If you
think earning 1 to 3 cents for visiting preselected sites via
NetFlip is the way to riches then this search engine is for you.
Make up to $1-$2 per hour!!! NetFlip uses demographic data you
enter to target results. If you're looking for a selection of
sites purely based on merit rather than how much they pay to
NetFlip then go elsewhere.
- Oingo IQ 120
- Attempts to improve relevancy via
menu options provided with each search term on your results page.
This allows you to refine your search further based on a specific
meaning for each search term. A great idea, but hindered by the
quality of the initial database and search algorithm which results
in far too many irrelevant listings. While not perfect w applaud
this effort to improve on the standard search process. Worth a
look!
- Open
Directory Project IQ 120
- The goal of this new engine is to
produce the most comprehensive directory of the web, and its well
on its way to accomplishing this goal. Similar to Yahoo, listings
are organized by category and reviewed by editors, though the Open
Directory Project relies on a vast army of volunteer editors.
While Yahoo can take months to submissions are usually included in
the Open Directory Project within weeks. Until recently this meant
that most listings were of high quality. We've noticed that this
has changed and numerous dubious listings are slipping into the
database reducing the value of the directory.
- Pandia IQ 120
- New search engine using Netscape's
open project directory. Includes a meta search function.
- Pathfinder IQ 95
- Search the Time Inc.'s database of
articles from Time, Fortune, People, Money, Entertainment Weekly,
ParentTime, Ask Dr. Ruth Weil, and more. Admittedly this is a
limited database but has lots of useful information.
- PlanetClick IQ 100
- Search engine with sites ranked by
users.
Power
Search IQ 65
- Very limited database and
dysfunctional search. Supposedly ranks by quality and popularity
but a search for "better meetings" showed the "Southwest Ohio
Crochet Guild" in the third spot.
- QuestFinder
IQ 65
- Presentation of results will have
you reaching for your glasses even if you normally don't wear any.
Top listings can be bought, so relevancy is related to dollars
spent not content. Limited database, only searches description not
page content.
- QuickFindIt
IQ 90
- Uses LivePerson to
provide human assisted searches. Live person assistants are not
experts in any subject area but rather supposed to be akin to a
reference librarian, helping people find the right stuff. In our
tests we found that a quickfindit human assisted search provided
us with only one suggested link as compared to a reference
librarian who can steer you to a whole section of the library.
Most good search engines can provide you with a broader and
equally relevant selection of links.
- Radar
- In English and Spanish.
- Raging
- A plain vanilla ad free search
engine running off of Altavista’s database of 350 million pages.
Results are similar to Altavista but appear to show
somewhat higher relevancy, especially as you move down the search
results page. (Uses the number of links to a site as a measure of
the site’s relevancy.)
Using the “customize” link you can
turn Altavista’s family filter on and custom search results.
Without the standard data overload provided on most search
engine’s homepages, Raging’s simple and clean interface is a
breath of fresh air!
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- SafeSearch
- Pages rated.
- Saluki Search Unrated
- A Family friendly search engine.
Still growing its database. Stop by and suggest appropriate
sites.
- Scrub
the Web
- Search Engines Galore Unrated
- Search the Australian and New
Zealand Internet.
- Search4Info Unrated
- A very limited search
directory.
- Search
King
- Sites ranked based on surfer
votes.
- 7Search IQ 80
- Search results not based on
relevancy but on how much sites are willing to pay per click to
get your attention. In addition has its own database of non paying
sites.
- Snap!
IQ 100.
- Uses Inktomi's database (100 million
pages included versus 2-3 times that by the larger engines) and
provides listings of average comprehensiveness and
accuracy.
- Snoopa IQ 110
- Uses the quality Inktomi database
with similar features to Hotbot's
advanced search function but without easy to read graphic
layout of Hotbot.
- Starting
Point IQ
100.
- Just another way to use
Altavista.
- Super
Snooper
- Filters out sites to do with
obscenity, hatred, drug-promotion or bigotry.
- Thunderseek IQ 60.
- Supposably includes just the best of
the best sites. Unfortunately data base is so limited as to be
less than useful. Many fairly common terms resulted in one or no
listings.
- Thunderstone
- Indexes sites, not individual
pages.
- ToggleBot IQ 70
- Claims to search over ten million
pages. Unfortunately its not as selective as one would wish. In a
search for - better meetings - the top listing was for a site
selling kitchen remodeling services, the third listing was for
formal wear and only 2 out of 10 were relevant.
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- USA
Online
- Voila
- European based search engine with
average performance.
- WebCrawler
- Uses the same database as Excite.
Read the review of Excite for more information.
- WebScout
- WebTop IQ 90
- Clean layout to this search engine
providing the first paragraph of text from the document. Using
their downloadable software you can drag and drop text from word
processing and other documents for searching. Lots of potential
here! WebTop just needs to improve the currently dismal relevancy
and high levels of redundancy that plague this search
engine.
- WildDomain
IQ 85
- Guide to the most popular web sites
by six core categories with pull down menus of sub categories.
Awkward to use and limited in scope.
- What-u-seek
- Xpert IQ 70
- Tap the knowledge of the volunteer
experts. Great idea, unfortunately tests found a lack of experts
and mostly irrelevant matches with possible response times of
10-20 days. A search for an expert on meeting management listed
breast feeding as the closest match. Primarily a self-promotion
bulletin board.
- Yahoo
IQ 130
- Yahoo is one of the easiest ways to
find information on the web. Because Yahoo is a directory, not a
search engine, its possible to look up information by categories.
Though it has one of the smaller databases listings are
consistently of the highest quality, one reason Yahoo is by far
the most popular way to find information on the web.
- Yahoosuck
IQ 100
- An alternative to Yahoo. Includes
sites Yahoo won't or hasn't listed for whatever reason. If you
can't find it at Yahoo, you may want to try here.
- Zeal IQ 70
- Sites rated by registered users. In
many cases the ratings are influenced by the site owners. Drawing
on a limited database this search engine provides micro version of
the web with low relevancy and poor comprehensiveness of results.
Not recommended.
- ZenSearch
- Mission is to provide unbiased
search engine that returns the most relevant web sites, with the
best content. Admirable, but failing in limited coverage of the
net.
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- CNET Search.com
- i-sleuth (good
links)
- JournalismNet
-
General Information
 | 50 States - all sorts of
information about each state, links to 3000+ city home pages |
| Anyday in History -
search by month and day to see what happened on that day |
| AskMe.com - answers to your
questions from real people, for free |
| EarthCam - a searchable
webcam database of live cameras pointing to all kinds of places |
| FAQ Finder - links to 1800
lists of Frequently Asked Questions in 26 categories |
| Information Please - covers
a huge range of subjects, simple to navigate |
| Police Notebook - 600 links,
130 articles on crime prevention, Internet safety, fire safety, first
aid |
| ScamBusters - avoid
getting ripped off by Internet scams, fraud, misinformation and hype
|
| Tons of Trivia - hundreds
of links to all sorts of trivia with a search engine |
| Urban Legends - find out which
legends are based in fact and which are simply folklore |
Usenet News
| Internet FAQ Archive - Usenet
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for 1,700 newsgroups, many search
options |
Other Search Pages
| 1-Page MultiSearch - single
form for 18 meta-search engines and 14 major search engines |
| All Search Engines -
lists major, meta, specialized engines/directories and URL submission
sites |
| Argos - focus is limited
to matters of ancient history, myth, and fable |
| Beaucoup - list 2,500+ search
engines, organized into categories |
| Digital Librarian -
huge, a librarian's choice of the best of the web |
| Eureka! - contains 45
popular search engines with reviews, a great starting point |
| Excite
Searching - from Excite, links
to 60 search sites |
| ExxNet -
10,000+ links on 1,300+ subjects organized by topic, many helpful files
|
| Internet
Searching - great descriptions, has search engines, news, addresses,
software and jobs |
| Langenberg Search - lists
of search engines in 25 categories, with keywords and direct links |
| Librarian Index - very comprehensive
and very well organized |
| Needle in a CyberStack
- jam packed with educational links |
| Search Beat - 70
categories organized by theme |
| Search Engine
Colossus - country and region-specific search engines, also eleven
general categories |
| Search
Services - excellent annotations/descriptions of the links, has
library links |
| Tecor Search Engine - 16 major
categories, links to over 30,000 Internet resources |
| WebScout - lists 100
specialized search engines, also offers 22 specific newsletters |
| Windweaver - search tools,
reviews, links and even a course about searching |
Hot Lists
| Hot Sheet - easy access to
the Web, organized collection of 700 sites |
| The Info Service - 62,000 links for
565 subjects, 200 new links every week |
| Top 10 Links - catalog of
900+ Top 10 web site lists |
Search Tutorials
News, Newsgroups & Discussion Groups
AJR NewsLink
Deja News
E-Mail Discussion Groups
and Lists - Resources
Internet
Newsgroups
LEXIS-NEXIS
Communication Center (for Law/News)
Mediafinder from Oxbridge
Communications, Inc.
Search Central
Ultimate Collection of News Links
Usenet Newsgroups
Newsgroup Helpful Links
*** Agent & Free Agent
FAQ ***
How
to Get New Newsgroups
How To Set
Up Forte Free Agent to Read News
Newbies Paradise Free
Agent News Reader
Please
Read This Before Posting
Setting Up Free Agent to
Access News Groups in Windows95
Understanding
Netscape Newsgroups
Usenet &
Newsgroup Helps
Usenet Newsgroup Information
for Beginners
Usenet News
via WWW
Viewing
Newsgroup Articles & Pictures - Comparative Differences Between
Browsers
Search
A good place to start is with a good
search engine. An excellent metasearch tool is Highway61. Highway 61 is a metasearch
engine that will submit your search to Yahoo, Lycos, Webcrawler, Infoseek
and Excite, and compiles the results into a single page. With the easy use
of simple fill-in boxes and drop-down menus, you can effortlessly search
for all the words in a search string. You may also choose to search for
words input without having to know all those advanced Boolean indicators.
You can even select your patience level to decide whether you want a quick
and dirty search or an all-out assault across the Internet for
information. While you're waiting for your search results (which happen
quite quickly), you can enjoy an interesting (frequently peculiar)
quotation. If you find the results from Highway61 exceptional, you can
even put the search form on your own webpage absolutely
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Academic
Research Assistance & Other Useful Links
Academic
Assistance Clearinghouse an extensive directory of academic assistance
programs and services provided by Texas A&M departments and available
at no cost to students.
AllTheTests.com The Searchengine and
Directory to all IQ-Tests, EQ-Tests, Career-Tests, Health-Tests and much
more!
ASGS:
Dissertation News ...for news, reviews, and how-tos, doctoral students
read... Dissertation News - The authoritative reference bulletin for
doctoral candidates pursuing their dissertations.
A Student's Guide
to WWW Research: Web Searching, Web Page Evaluation, and Research
Strategies This is a tutorial guide to conducting research on the
World Wide Web for first year Composition and rhetoric students.
CGRER
NetSurfing: Maps and References
GSU College of Law -- Meta-Index
for U.S. Legal Research
Historical
Maps of the United States
Homework Central
Informant *
Interactive Map of
the United States
Internet Resources
Newsletter ***
Law - The
Seamless Website - Lawyers, Legal Associations, and Legal
Resources
LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S
LAYPEOPLE'S LAW LOUNGE
Legal Research and
Writing
Library
of Congress
On-Line Educational
Resources
PedagoNet..Learning Resource Center
"The focus of our classified information is to facilitate the exchange of
educational resource material. Our classified database contains resources
posted by educators and resources wanted by other educators. It is
organized by subject matter."
SOFWeb
Study WEB
Style/Usage
Manuals Resources for writers: style manuals, research guides,
information on how to cite sources including electronic ones.
Texts
and Documents: The United States
United Nations Scholars'
Workstation Home Page
Virtual Tourist - United
States
webCATS: Library Catalogues on
the WWW
The
Search Satellite is a javascript pop-up window
that accesses 20
Internet search engines from one convenient input field.
Your search
results will appear in the main browser window.
Highway 61
Highway 61 is a metasearch engine that will submit your search to
Yahoo, Alta Vista, Lycos, Infoseek Ultra, Hotbot, Excite, etc., and then
list the results on a single page.
Tools & Tips
Find
It
Guide to Searching the
Internet
Internet Tools
Summary
IPL - The Internet Public
Library
Nerd World:
Reference
Researching Your
Topic
Study Tips,
Strategies, and Techniques
Teaching
Critical Evaluation Skills for World Wide Web Resources
WWW As a Research
Tool
World-Wide
Web Virtual Library *
Directories & Other Search Tools
All-in-One Search Page
Beaucoup! Search Engines
*
Beaucoup! Search Engines -
Reference/Education/Schools/Language/Literature *
Best search engines for
finding scientific information in the Internet: comparison list of their
efficiency
Comprehensive Search
Tools
Database
of Web Robots
Encyberpedia by Monte
Cristo
Explore the Internet
(Library of Congress)
Farmer's Guide to the
Internet: Lists and Search Engines
HandiLinks
HUGE List
Infomine: Scholarly Internet
Resource Collections
Learning Resource Server
Links to Research,
Education and Government Sites
Northwestern College -
SearchIt
PaperShack Links
Searching the Internet - UT
Austin Search
Search
Page
Stream
International: The Source for Software and Technical Support
travlang's Translating
Dictionaries
US Web
Finder
Virtual Facts on File
Dictionaries and Language Resources *
Webligraphy: A Guide
to Internet Resources
webreference.com (sm) - The
Webmaster's Reference Library
Research Tools to Download
InfoSeek
Quickseek *
MailAlert
Software - Diamond Ridge, Inc.
PointCast Network -
Broadcasts news, weather, & sports to your computer screen
Web Ferret *
Search Engines with Power Search Capabilities:
All4one Search Machine - 4 way
meta-search using frames.
AltaVista:
Advanced Query
Ask Jeeves!
Ask Jeeves! - Search the web in plain English! The fastest and easiest
place to find answers online!
C4 - Parallel Search
Technology Cyber411 - AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Google,
InfoSeek, Lycos, Magellan, GoTo, Snap.com, WebCrawler, Yahoo!,
NorthernLight, Yahooligans, Aol Kids, Infoseek for Kids, Searchopolis, ABC
News, CNN, MSNBC, CNNfn, CBS MarketWatch, The Street
Dogpile, the
Friendly Multi-Engine Search Tool Great! Dogpile Custom Search
Excite Search
Options
Galaxy
go2net | MetaCrawler |
search
HotBot:
SuperSearch Turns up lots of hits!!!
InfoZoid Meta Search Engine *
Lycos Advanced Search
MetaCrawler AltaVista,
Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, LookSmart, Thunderstone, GoTo, About,
DirectHit
MetaFind Your
Search Spot on the Net
Multimeta: The Meta Search
Engine - metasearch in several international and German search engines
*
USE IT! - Unified Search
Engine for Internet
WebCrawler
Yahoo! Search Options
Power Search with Boolean Search
Techniques (Instructions,Tips,Strategies)
Advanced
Searching
Boolean
Search Tutorials
freeWAIS-sf 2.0
& SFgate 5.1 - User Guide with Figures and Examples
Internet Searching
Tools
Online World:
Chapter 10
Searching
- Boolean Expression
Spider's
Apprentice--Tips on Searching the Web
WebCom -
Glimpse Index Search Types
Graphics Search:
9b Search Web Design
Images, Graphics, Clip art, Photographs, Image Search Engines, Web Site
Design
AltaVista
- Image, Audio & Video Search
Amazing Picture Machine
Barry's Clip Art
Server
Clipart
Search - Web Search - Net Links
ditto.com - the premier visual search
engine
GIF
Wizard Picture Search
Lycos
Image Gallery
Proteus Image Search Meta
search
WebSEEk:
Content-based Image and Video Search and Catalog Tool for the Web
Yahoo Image Surfer
Category List
Maps:
Lycos RoadMaps
Maps On Us: A Map, Route and
Yellow Pages Service
MapQuest!
Yahoo! Maps and
Driving Directions
Other Useful Links:
Internet Detective
(software)
Pen-Link, Ltd. - Links
Vancouver
Webpages NetTools
WebCrawler
Web Search -
Internet Resources from The Mining Company - People Searches
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