I'm sure you've all surfed the net and used many of the various search engines that catalog web sites, but here's a brief list any way. Search engines make it easier for us to find a site or sites with the information we are looking for. They are the travel guides of the web and without them we would just be fumbling around with no way to really know what sites were out there. All of these services are free once you're on the Web. They all perform the same
function, but they do have subtle differences.
All4one Search Machine http://www.easypage.com Type in a request and it's sent to four search engines-Alta Vista, Lycos, WebCrawler and Yahoo; the results are displayed on a
single page on your screen.
Alta Vista http://www.altavista. digital.com/ The fastest search engine on the Web, Alta Vista also combs the postings to 13,000 Internet discussion groups for keywords.
EINet Galaxy http://galaxy.einet. net/galaxy.html This extensive guide to information on the Internet is organized by topic.
Excite http://www.excite.com/ A popular search engine that draws on a database containing 50,000 Web site reviews and all Usenet classified advertisements from the previous two weeks.
Infoseek Guide http://www. infoseek.com/ Speedy and efficient, this search engine includes a handy Fast Facts section, which features single-click access to frequently accessed reference sources.
Lycos http://www.lycos.com/
This venerable search engine now features A2Z http://a2z.lycos.com/, a directory of the most popular Internet resources, organized by topic, with concise descriptions and reviews.
Magellan http://www.mckinley .com/)An on-line directory of Internet sites that have been reviewed and rated. Green lights indicate sites featuring content deemed appropriate for
children.
MetaCrawler http://metacrawler.cs.washington.edu:8080/home.html Submit your request and it goes out to eight search engines; the results are collated and organized into a uniform, easy-to-use format.
Open Text Index (http://www. opentext.com/omw/f-omw.html) This engine is best known for its muscular power-search tools.
Savvy Search (http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~dreiling/smartform.html)
After sending your request to two or three of 17 search engines, the service compiles the results in a single list.
Search.com (http://www. search.com/) A guide to more than 250 search engines and tools for finding information on the Net.
WebCrawler (http://www.web crawler.com) Begun as a student's research project, this fast and easy-to-use search engine is now owned by America Online.
World Wide Web Worm (http:// wwww.cs.colorado.edu/wwww) Fill in the easy-to-understand pull-down menu forms and the search engine will quickly return your results.
Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com/) One of the oldest Internet directories, Yahoo offers both a comprehensive topical index and a search engine. The new Yahooligans site (http://www.yahooligans.com) is designed for researchers under age 15.
Happy surfing, hope you find what you're looking for. |
