Searches

Yahoo is, perhaps deservedly, the most widely-used Internet catalog. In contrast to the search engines listed above, which use computer programs to scour the Internet for Web pages, Yahoo catalogs sites manually, depending largely on user submissions. The front page is an alphabetical list of broad subject areas which are then subdivided into smaller categories. Users can browse the hierarchical structure, use a search engine that searches the URLs, titles and comments within Yahoo, or use both features in tandem. Current news, stock quotes, sport scores, yellow pages and city maps are available as well as regional Yahoos and an excellent search site for kids, Yahooligans.

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/

HotBot supports searches using Boolean operators with nesting, and searches limited by date, location, domain names, media (image, text, sound, &etc.), or page type. For searches on broad topics (about half of Hotbot searches), the top ten results come from Direct Hit, which ranks sites based on what other users with similar searches have done. The more previous searchers have clicked on a site, and the longer they've stayed there, the higher the site ranks. For more specific topics, Hotbot ranks results based on the frequency and location of your search terms.

Ixquick Metasearch
http://www.ixquick.com/

Ixquick searches 14 search engines at the same time. Ixquick translates your search request so that each search engine will understand it, and doesn't forward your request to engines that can't understand it. Ixquick's results rankings are based on other search engines' rankings: If a site shows up in the top ten results of many different search engines, it will rank very high in Ixquick's search results. Ixquick also weeds duplicates from the results list. You might also check out Search Engine Watch's list of other meta-search engines.

Google

http://www.google.com/

Google tends to give you the most relevant and high-quality websites near the top of your results list. A site's importance is measured in part by how many other sites link to it -- the more important the site, the higher it ranks in Google's search results.

Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/
Google Groups lets you search Usenet newsgroups and is a great way to find esoteric information too arcane even for the World Wide Web. Users can search the Usenet as far back as May, 1981 with a simple interface. An Advanced Search page offers more search options. In addition to search capabilities, Google Groups also allows users to browse current messages and post to newsgroups via the web.

Lycos

http://www.lycos.com/

http://www.altavista.com/

AltaVista has some powerful search options for experienced users: it lets you search for exact phrases, require or prohibit words, search within the title of an HTML document, search for documents that contain a link to a particular URL, use wildcards, and employ case sensitivity. The advanced search allows for the use of Boolean operators (AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR).

Ask
http://www.ask.com/
Ask lets you search the web by typing a simple question in plain English. Ask contains links to more than 7 million answers to the most frequently-asked questions on the web. Also check out Ask for Kids.


Searches Ask.com Dogpile.com Profusion.com Yahoo http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo is, perhaps deservedly, the most widely-used Internet catalog. In contrast to the search engines listed above, which use computer programs to scour the Internet for Web pages, Yahoo catalogs sites manually, depending largely on user submissions. The front page is an alphabetical list of broad subject areas which are then subdivided into smaller categories. Users can browse the hierarchical structure, use a search engine that searches the URLs, titles and comments within Yahoo, or use both features in tandem. Current news, stock quotes, sport scores, yellow pages and city maps are available as well as regional Yahoos and an excellent search site for kids, Yahooligans. HotBot http://www.hotbot.com/ HotBot supports searches using Boolean operators with nesting, and searches limited by date, location, domain names, media (image, text, sound, &etc.), or page type. For searches on broad topics (about half of Hotbot searches), the top ten results come from Direct Hit, which ranks sites based on what other users with similar searches have done. The more previous searchers have clicked on a site, and the longer they've stayed there, the higher the site ranks. For more specific topics, Hotbot ranks results based on the frequency and location of your search terms. Ixquick Metasearch http://www.ixquick.com/ Ixquick searches 14 search engines at the same time. Ixquick translates your search request so that each search engine will understand it, and doesn't forward your request to engines that can't understand it. Ixquick's results rankings are based on other search engines' rankings: If a site shows up in the top ten results of many different search engines, it will rank very high in Ixquick's search results. Ixquick also weeds duplicates from the results list. You might also check out Search Engine Watch's list of other meta-search engines. Google http://www.google.com/ Google tends to give you the most relevant and high-quality websites near the top of your results list. A site's importance is measured in part by how many other sites link to it -- the more important the site, the higher it ranks in Google's search results. Google Groups http://groups.google.com/ Google Groups lets you search Usenet newsgroups and is a great way to find esoteric information too arcane even for the World Wide Web. Users can search the Usenet as far back as May, 1981 with a simple interface. An Advanced Search page offers more search options. In addition to search capabilities, Google Groups also allows users to browse current messages and post to newsgroups via the web. Lycos http://www.lycos.com/ http://www.altavista.com/ AltaVista has some powerful search options for experienced users: it lets you search for exact phrases, require or prohibit words, search within the title of an HTML document, search for documents that contain a link to a particular URL, use wildcards, and employ case sensitivity. The advanced search allows for the use of Boolean operators (AND, OR, AND NOT, NEAR). Ask http://www.ask.com/ Ask lets you search the web by typing a simple question in plain English. Ask contains links to more than 7 million answers to the most frequently-asked questions on the web. Also check out Ask for Kids.