Search the Internet
op Search Engines
Google (http://www.google.com)
Google makes extensive use direct hit indexing. Wow. If you like to search for more than one concept and you like fast, accurate results, you'll love Google.
Teoma (www.teoma.com)
Rank Web sites by Subject-Specific Popularity; identify expert resources and enthusiasts for specific subjects; and allow users to narrow their search through dynamically generated refinement techniques.
Altavista (http://www.altavista.com)
One of the web's largest search engines, AltaVista features large index of web pages plus directory listings. The advanced "Power Search" features plus foreign language translation support make AltaVista a popular service.
HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com)
One of the web's largest search engines, HotBot uses both direct hit and Inktomi search engine indexing. After the direct hit listings, you'll retrieve the search engine indexing. As with Lycos, HotBot's subject listings are an open directory. HotBot remains a favorite of savvy searchers who can take advantage of its in-depth indexing.
Northern Light (http://www.northernlight.com)
Boasting the web's largest index, Northern Light is a very popular and useful site. Northern Light adds "Custom Search Folders" which automatically organize your search results: A very nice touch.
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com)
Yes. Yahoo. Yahoo is both an exceptional subject guide and an exceptional search engine. When you search Yahoo, you search both Yahoo's 1+ million web site directory listings plus an Inktomi-generated database of web sites. Yahoo's subject hierarchies organize your search results making it easier to separate the needle from the haystack.
GO (http://www.go.com)
One of the web's upcoming search engines.The search feature has options which differentiate betweem images, audio and video.The channels like abc,espn are the partners for this site
Subject Guides/Open Directories
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com)
Yahoo uses human beings to create the best subject guide to the web. Over 150 catalogers maintain a subject directory to over 1 million web sites. True, search engines index more, but you don't always need more than a million web pages to answer a question. Yahoo supplements its subject listing with an Inktomi-based search engine. Yahoo's the best of both worlds.
Looksmart (http://www.looksmart.com)
Looksmart, Yahoo's main rival, also employs human catalogers to index and organize its site. AltaVista uses Looksmart for subject guides.
DMOZ Open Directory Project (http://www.dmoz.org)
In a labor of love, over 13,000 volunteer editors maintain this directory of over 700,000 websites. Use either the subject listings or a search engine to navigate the site. Critics note that the volunteer-nature of this type of service can lead to uneven subject coverage. Advocates for one viewpoint may exclude websites advocating opposing viewpoints and topics without an editor remain excluded.
Librarians' Index to the Internet (http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex)
The Librarians' Index to the Internet is a searchable, annotated subject directory of more than 5,000 Internet resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries. Use this site if you are tired of search engines or prefer to browse for information through subject pages.
Metacrawlers: Search multiple search engines from the same web site.
KartOO (http://www.kartoo.com)
Next-generation search site, this meta-search engine presents results on a strikingly visual map. Searches are displayed as spider diagrams which make them easier to grasp at a glance.
Go2Network Metacrawler (http://www.go2net.com)
Search major search engines simultaneously and view results by relevancy, search engine or site. View options prove a tremendous help in organizing your results. Search engines 'metacrawled' include Yahoo, Lycos, AltaVista, Excite, Infoseek and many others.
Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com)
Search major search engines simultaneously. Only one default display view for your results: Listed by search engine. Use "Custom Search" to change order search engines are searched and, therefore, change the order of your results. While the Go2Netwok Metacrawler does a better job of displaying results, Dogpile boasts usesnet, ftp, and news search options plus an open directory project.
OneSeek (http://www.oneseek.com)
OneSeek allows you to search multiple search engines, but unlike Metacrawler and Dogpile, your search results are not aggregated into a single, custom display. Instead, OneSeek displays each search engine result in a frame, one at a time. First you may see your search results in AltaVista. Next you may go to GoTo.com.
Skworm (http://www.skworm.com)
Skworm works two ways. First, you can use Skworm site to search any of a number of major search engines (e.g. Yahoo, Lycos, AltaVista). Second, you can use Skworm's "skwormoles", Yahoo-esque subject categories, to focus your search in a subject specific web search engines. Like OneSeek, the results are not aggregated into a single, custom display.
About Search Engines
The best site to read & keep up to date with the ever-changing world of search engines is Search Engine Watch (http://www.searchenginewatch.com). Search Engine Watch provides news, reviews, and information for webmasters and surfers alike.
Glossary
direct hit:
Indexing that is a popularity ranking based upon how many users go to a site after finding that site in a search. The more users go to a site, the higher it appears in the index, the more likely you will be of finding that site. Direct Hit sells direct hit indexing to other web search sites.
Inktomi (http://www.inktomi.com):
Service that generates indexing for many search engines. Hotbot and Yahoo are two web sites that purchase indexing from Inktomi.
open directory:
A website search engine and subject guide which uses volunteer editors to select, describe and manage the content of the site.
search engine:
A database which indexes web pages and web sites. Different search engines use different indexes and methods of ranking pages.
subject guide:
A website which uses subject and topic hierarchies to organize websites. Yahoo is a subject guide.
More definitions? Try the Search Engine Glossary from the Search Engine Watch web site (http://www.searchenginewatch.com).
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