Searchlight on Search Engines

Search Engines, Sources of Search Engines, Web Sites, and Publications

By George Margolin

Meta and Megasearchers

General Use Search Engine Web Sites

People Finders

Professional and Government Search Engines

Stand alone Search Engines

Techniques & Guides

Reports & Reviews

Ratings

Listing of All Available Search Engines

Ted Shapin's Search links

Meta and Megasearchers

WebSeeker-free trial version

Webferret-from FerretSoft - Free Downloads

SearchPad

Floyd Ingram’s Home Page:(www.mindspring.com/~fingram/fi-srch.html)

This is a true metasearcher. However, you’ll also find a listing of many available individual search engines such as Yahoo, WebTaxi, and Dogpile.

General Use Search Engines

AOL NetFind

Alta Vista

Dog Pile

Excite

HotBot

IBM Patent Site

Infoseek

Lycos

Northern Lights

Open Text Index

Yahoo

People Finders
Info Space

WhoWhere

SwitchboardBest phone book for People and Businesses

Professional & Government Search Engines

Govbot: US Government Search Engine

IBM Patent

Stand Alone Search Engines

Alexa:

Beaucoup

Fsearch

GoGetIt

Search32

Searchopia

StartingPoint

Techniques and Guides

c|net.com

Guide to Metasearchers

What to Look For

Browser Search tips

Reports & Reviews by

Search Engine Shoot-Out: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/)

Alta Vista Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss04.html)

Excite Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss05.html)

HotBot Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss06.html)

Infoseek Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss07.html)

Lycos Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss08.html)

Northern Lights Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss09.html)

Open Text Index Reviewed: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss10.html)

Yahoo: A short description: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss02.html)

Reviews by Search Engine Watch: (www.searchenginewatch.com/)

How Search Engines Work: (www.searchenginewatch.com/webmasters/work.html)

Search Engine Reviews: (serchenginewatch.internet.com/resources/reviews.html)

The Search Engine Report: (searchenginewatch.com/sereport/current.html)

Search Engine EKGs: (/www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/ekgs/index.html)

Search Engine Review Chart: (searchenginewatch.internet.com/reports/reviewchart.html)

Alta Vista Reviewed:(www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/ekgs/altavista.html)

HotBot Reviewed: (www.searchenginewatch.com/reports/ekgs/hotbot.html)

Ratings

c|net.com :(www.cnet.com)

Search Engine Ratings: (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/ss14.html)

c|net.com Recommends (www.cnet.com/Content/Reviews/Compare/Search2/)its favorite search engine

Listings of Available Search Engines

Dr. Websters Search Engines This is a Listing of many popular and useful search engines where can choose to conduct a search on each individual search engine.

The Front Page’s Collection of Search Engines: (www.thefrontpage.com/search/search.html)

Search Engines on the WWW: (www.iglou.com/zamboni/search.html)

Ted Shapin's Search links

Contact Information

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