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Search engines are programs that search for information on the Internet and return matches to those searches. They are exceptionally useful when doing research as they can help you find a Web page that covers a specific topic.

The following search engines are suggested by HunTel.net.

Dogpile -- A great search engine. It's one of our favorites.
http://www.dogpile.com

Google -- Google is a newcomer touted as delivering accurate results on the first page. It uses automatic phrase searching, and has the option of displaying where your words occur on the page.
http://www.google.com/

Yahoo -- A hierarchically arranged subject index for Internet resources, Usenet News, and e-mail addresses. It's based on using subject directories. Excellent start for a novice surfer.
http://www.yahoo.com

AltaVista -- Digital Computer's high-speed search engine.
http://www.altavista.com/

WebCrawler -- Useful for searching for popular sites - quick searches but does not display text summary for sites found.
http://webcrawler.com/

LookSmart -- Uses search targeted marketing to generate qualified leads.
http://looksmart.com/

EXCITE! -- Searches Usenet News, headline news, reviews and classifieds using keywords.
http://www.excite.com/

Vivisimo -- Document Clustering Search Engine
http://vivisimo.com/

ixquick -- A metasearch engine that was given the highest ratings by both Search Engine Watch and ZDNet's SearchIQ.
http://www.ixquick.com/

WebHelp -- An online community offering real-time search assistance with a real live expert.
http://www.webhelp.com/home

MetaFind (Dogpile) -- A powerful meta-searcher.
http://www.dogpile.com/

Lycos -- An old reliable searcher which keeps improving.
http://www.lycos.com/

CNet Search -- Almost all available searchers.
http://www.savvysearch.com/

All the Web.com -- The public search engine and technology showcase for Fast Search & Transfer.
http://www.alltheweb.com/

HotBot -- The only searcher to index ALL of the WWW!!
http://www.hotbot.com/

Go.com -- Search by keyword(s) or phrases from WWW pages.
http://www.infoseek.com/

Types of Internet Search Tools

Subject Directories or Subject Trees - Subject hierarchies of links to selected Web resources indexed by topic or genre. Usefulness of index can be restricted by the user having to guess at the correct subject. The user has the option of entering a subject in an entry bar. Some subject catalogues only present "the best of the Web" or "top 5%" sites, so you'll only see the best there. A good starting point for beginners or surfers.

Search Engines - Databases of Internet sites searchable by subjects or keywords. Search engines allow you to search thousands of unorganized Web sites. To use these effectively, you need to develop a familiarity with the search methodologies for each one being used.

There are 2 main types of search engines:

Single-source search engines - Searches one database of sites. Generally preferred for more elaborate searches, when you can use the specific strategies for the individual engine.

Meta-search engines - To thoroughly cover some topics, you really need to search a number of engines. A meta search engine searches a number of search engines and brings the combined results to you, by eliminating duplicate hits, and ranking hits or results according to some relevance. Generally preferred when looking for an overview of a topic. Also known as multi-threaded search engines.

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Updated: 06/16/05 04:17 PM