Search Sites of the Big List

finds stuff that you won't see on Google.

is two search engines in one. Google and Yahoo. Results are displayed side by side.

uses multiple search engines and aggregates the results. You can search for audio, images, white pages, yellow pages, etc. Searching for things to buy will usually bring up reviews first before the vendor sites, which is good.

Surf Wax

uses about 8 of the major search engines simultaneously and is FAST. You can customize your settings and there is plenty of help but most will use it in its simplest state.

Draze

combines Yahoo, Google, and MSN. It has a nifty switch that lets you search the general Web or just shop.

Searchboth

lets you combine any two search engines and shows you the results side-by-side.

Lycos Search Page

is the best- good descriptions of results, precision of results is excellent, supports searches for sounds and pictures, has useful links to other areas of Web.

Yahoo Search

has improved alot.

Which Engine - Phil Bradley's table that shows which search engine is best when asking various types of questions or when searching for various categories of information.

Raging Search is relatively new. Check out the HELP section to see some of its capabilities.

Findspot

has brief instructions for each major search engine. Also has links to the major engines along with searchable topic indices.

HotBot

Rated Number One in ZDNet. A pretty good search engine that is flexible and easy to use. The site uses heavy graphics, so it can be slow.

DejaNews

searches Internet news groups. DejaNews Front End is a nice form used to avoid all of the noise on DejaNews' main site. This site takes you directly into the search engine.

WikiSeek searches wikipedia sites and some of the sites that are mentioned in the wikipedia articles.

10 Deep Web Search Tools - as reviewed by MakeUseOf.

Live.com - Microsoft search engine.

How to Protect Yourself from Search Engines is an article in c|net news that talks about how your entries in search engines can come back to haunt you.

ixquick is a search engine that doesn't keep track of what you search for.

Katapulco - is a multi-site search engine. You enter a term and then select where you want to search.

Google Viewer is an interesting experiment. You enter your search text and the viewer displays the entire site that it finds, one at a time every 5 seconds like a slide show. Navigation is tough and some kinks need to be worked out.

Go.com

GoogleTutor is some great information about using Google.

Google Operands is some great information about using Google operands like '-'.

Google for PDAs - smaller version for handhelds.

Google Toolbar Download it and add it to Internet Explorer.

Pro Guide to Google Searches - Part I Has excellent tips on using Google search syntax.

Pro Guide to Google Searches - Part II Has more, advanced and excellent tips on using Google search syntax.

Webcrawler

provides good results

How To Choose a Search Engine

from the University of Albany, shows a number of search engines grouped by the topic category that they specialize in.

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Needs

from Debbie Abilock, shows a number of search engines grouped by the topic category that they specialize in.

Pandia PowerSearch

has links to a lot of the better search engines.

Whonu

lets you enter a search word or phrase and then gives you a list of links to a lot of search engines. Would be better to just give me the results.

Clusty - search engine that clusters together similar hits. Very attractive results page.

NoodleQuest - a search engine for search engines depending on your answers to a few questions about what you are looking for.

Yahoo: good place to start, easy to use, but limited in what it searches.

Search the Net In this page, you check off which search engines you want to use, type in your search text, and away you go.

AlltheWEb

This is a relatively new search engine that is very, very fast. It includes links to Lycos search engines if your looking for pictures, sounds, music, movies, or audio streams.

Overture can direct searches to specific parts of a Web document.

Teoma is pretty new - gives you a list of sites most often visited by people who searched for the same topic you did.

Open Directory Project is pretty new. This service uses human volunteers to review sites which are then added to the search index.

LookSmart searches a limited set of editorally reviewed sites with the intention of improving the quality of the hits.

SavvySearch is another 'all-in-one' search engine which searches sites simultaneously in selectable groups of three.

DogPile

searches the Web and newsgroups. It uses 20+ search engines simultaneously. Results are not great.

MetaFind is brought to you by the folks at DogPile. Similar to DogPile but sorts by keyword, alphabetically, or by domain.

Excite The content on this site keeps changing but it does include a search engine.

Northern Light

This workhorse, in a recent article, was found to have indexed 16% of the Web, a percentage far larger than any other site.

Planet Search is new and impressive.

Webtaxi lets you choose which engine you want to use.

Debriefing

is a metasearch engine - new and fast.

Magellan permits you to elect to search only their reviewed sites.

C|Net Search is a meta-search page from C|Net. It can search specific categories, if you want to cut down on the noise that you get back using other search engines.

NewsIndex and NewsBot search news articles.

OpenText

ArchiePlex searches ftp sites for files.

Yahoo's Image Surfer finds images. You enter the subject and it finds associated images. Most of these are photos.

Educator's Directory searches sites for material relevant to educators.

WWWomen is a search engine dedicated to women's issues.

Search Beat The Search Beat has searched for you and put the best of their results into about 70 categories organized by theme.

Beaucoup

has got to be the definitive set of links to search sites. The sites are grouped according to the subject matter.

Big Search Engine Index is a semi-ordered set of search engines. Try it as a last resort.

Search Engine Guide has over 1,000 search engines arranged in various categories.

Search Engine Showdown has tutorials, reviews, statistics, and information on the major search engines.

Yahooligans is a search engine that is safe for kids.

NetFind for Kids is AOL's search engine for kids.

Internets will help you find a search engine that specializes in the category that you're interested in.

Northern Light News searches for news.

Excite News searches for news.

WebSearch sends out your search to a bunch of engines simultaneously.

AtHand is an all-purpose search site. Find restaurants, doctors, businesses, etc.

Ask Jeeves Ask Jeeves a question and he will simultaneously search through all the most popular search engines to provide you with easy to navigate results. If you're a search engine fan, or just plain sick of cryptic searches, give old Jeeves a try.

WebTop has a more general search that finds sites that are conceptually similar to the words or phrase you entered. Also has a client side program that helps you search.

Google Directory is a relatively new search engine of sites that have been reviewed by humans.

Search IQ has a list of focused search engines, news, tips and tutorials on using search engines.

Writers Write Search Help has a bunch of links to help you search the Web including some predefined search boxes.

FindArticles searches an archive of about 300 magazines and journals. Surprisingly good results with links to the articles.

Smartborg analyzes your query and then suggests an optimum search engine.

Complete Planet

actually only finds you a search engine that will, in turn, find you what you're looking for. This is excellent for very refined searches.

Find Sounds finds sound files on the Web.

Direct Search is a directory of databases and sources of data. Also known as Fast Facts: Almanacs/Factbooks/Handboooks & related referecne Resources.

InvisibleWeb.com finds sources of information based on your specified topic - kind of a search engine for search engines.

European Search Engines

is a collection of search engines categories by European country.

Google News Group Search

lets you search for any communication to any news group (listserv) for the last 20 years.

Turbo 10 uses a number of search engines to find what you want. Lists its finds in a nice, short display.

iLOR uses Google, Altavista, etc. Highly customizable.

Vivisimo - clusters results into various categories - easier to scan through the results.

Google Scholar searches scholarly sources.

Exalead - interesting search engine shows thumbnails of the Web sites that result from the search as well as alternative search terms that deserve additional searches.

Google's Video Search searchs for videos on the Web. You can also check out random video clips if you want to waste a lot of time.

Multimedia Lycos - searches for audio, video, and images.

Lycos 50 - lists the top search terms to show trends in what's hot and what's not.

Rollyo - roll your own search engine - you put up to 25 sites that you want to search together, name it, and it is available to others to use - free.

Sphere is a search engine for blogs.

Noodle Tools - advises you on which site would be most helpful (for academic research purposes mostly). Useful for term papers.

Best Search Tools is a printable chart that shows hints and short tips on using the most popular search engines.

MetaCrawler searches all of the big engines at one time.

Online Educational Database - a lot of 'deep' Web search engines.

SRCHR uses a bunch of engines all at once.

CrossEngine allows you to enter your search terms and then select the search engine that you want to use.

Technorati searches blogs.

Oodle.com is a search engine for local classified ads.

Google's Code Search searches the Web for programming code.

Google's Book Search searches the Web for books containing the word or phrase that you enter.

Cha Cha - is a search engine that can use live 'guides' to return results - its free but you have to register if you want to use the guides.

Draze - uses the Google, MSN, and Yahoo engines simultaneously. You can click on the 'peek-a-boo' link to see a preview of the Web site in a scrollable window.

Melzoo The results of this search engine are listed in a window on the left of your browser screen. When you put your mouse over a result, the page shows up in the right hand window. Pretty fast.

TinEye You upload a picture and the site will search the Web for other pictures that look similar to it.

Top 25 Engines You Probably Haven't Used is a collection of intriguing search engines that use unusual methods of gathering, displaying, or searching material.

Search Engines for Kids

Yahooligans

Lycos Zone

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