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Lesson 3: Using Search Engines and Metasearch Engines

Search Engines and Metasearch Engines to Explore

Search Engines

An alphabetical list of search engines for you to explore follows. (Favorites are in bold type.) Note that some of the tools may be hybrid tools (part search engine, part directory). Be sure to bookmark your favorites!

Site Name	URL (Web Page Address)
A9	http://www.a9.com/
AlltheWEB	http://www.alltheweb.com/
AltaVista Search	http://www.altavista.com/
Excite Search	http://www.excite.com
Galaxy	http://www.galaxy.com/
Google	http://www.google.com
HotBot	http://www.hotbot.com
Lycos Search	http://www.lycos.com
MSN Search	http://search.msn.com/
Vivisimo	http://vivisimo.com
Teoma	http://www.teoma.com/
WiseNut	http://www.WiseNut.com/
WebCrawler	http://www.webcrawler.com
Yahoo! Search	http://search.yahoo.com/

Metasearch Engines

An alphabetical list of metasearch engines for you to explore follows. (Favorites are in bold type.) Be sure to bookmark your favorites!

Search Tool Links	URL (Web Page Address)
AskJeeves	http://www.ask.com/
DipBox	http://www.dipbox.com/
DogPile	http://www.dogpile.com
Highway 61	http://www.highway61.com/
InfoGrid	http://www.infogrid.com/
ixquick	http://www.ixquick.com/
MAMA	http://www.mamma.com/
Meta Crawler	http://www.metacrawler.com
MultiMeta	http://www.multimeta.com/
ProFusion	http://www.profusion.com/
Search.com (c\|net)	http://www.search.com/
SurfWax	http://www.surfwax.com/

Help Yourself

Whenever you test out a new search tool, the first place you should head is the tool’s help or FAQ files. Taking five minutes to review this information may save you a heck of a lot of time later on.