Not even the largest general web page search engine can come close to indexing every web page that exists on the Internet. It's just too enormous. Search engines that specialize in a particular subject are often more effective and efficient than general search engines at pinpointing arcane information. Search.com (http://www.search.com) furnishes a well-thought-out collection of specialized search engines about many subjects.
For example, suppose you're interested in getting all the information you can find about the movie, The Apostle. At Search.com, you'll discover several film-related search engines, such as Internet Movie Database, Moviefinder.com, and Movie Review Query Engine.
Through these search engines, you can quickly acquire past film credits for everyone who worked on the movie, stories about the film's development, reviews from diverse publications, and biographical information and news about actors and others important to the film.
Other Features
Search.com now offers general web-searching using Infoseek's system, but without the benefit of Infoseek's helpful menus and suggested subject links. Might as well go to Infoseek.
There are also links to several features such as city maps, yellow pages and stock quotes, as well as to CNET's great services. Search.com is actually part of CNET, which is one of the leading sites offering information about computers.
Wide Variety Of Subjects Covered
Search.com is organized according to 14 broad subject categories - automotive, classifieds, computing, employment, entertainment, health, learning, living, local, money, news, shopping, sports, and travel. Although specialized search engines make up the majority of its collection, it also includes some large searchable sites and general web page search engines.
Most of Search.com's subject categories deal with highly specific information, such as getting a job or buying and selling a car, and the search engines listed are relevant to these topics. For example some of the search engines in the employment category are Monster Board U.S. Job Search, CareerBuilder, and HotJobs. The automotive category includes AUTOWEB.com Buyer Finder, Calling All Cars WWW Marketplace and American Auto-Site.
A few of the subject categories cover a surprising but valuable mix of topics. For example, search engines in the learning category range from U.S. Trademarks and Patent Office to Complete Works of William Shakespeare to National Science Foundations Publications.
