List of Search Engines - Useful List for Search Submissions
Here is a Useful List of Search Engines
Search is not only meant for Google but also many Search Engines. Each differ from its results based on various principles.
List of Web Search Engines |
| A9 Amazon books, Live results |
| Abcsearchengine Index based, fairly small |
| About Lots of articles on lots of things |
| Accoona Excellent for news, good for focussed searching |
| Acronymfinder Find acronyms |
| Aftervote Social search engine |
| Ajaxwhois Great for site statistics searches |
| Alexa Good for background information on a site |
| Alltheweb Part of the Yahoo family |
| Altavista Oldie, but still a goodie, suprising enough |
| Answers Good for factual information |
| AOL Search Google in a different guise |
| Archive, Internet Good for older versions of a site |
| Ask One of the big four |
| Azoos Painfully bright yellow index engine |
| Beaucoup Index based, not impressed |
| Better Who Is Information about a website owner etc |
| Blinkx Multimedia search engine |
| Brainboost Part of the Answers family |
| Buzzle Index based, not impressed |
| ChaCha Search with a human guide |
| Clusty Good all rounder |
| Collarity Personalised search engine. Very good. |
| Complete Planet Excellent for hidden/invisible web |
| Country Search Engines 4,000 country search engines |
| Digital-librarian Collection of links from a librarian |
| DMOZ (Open Directory Project) Good index/directory |
| Dogpile Multisearch GYMA |
| Draze Compare GYM on one screen |
| Ebingbong Social search, lets users rate results. |
| Eurekster Good for building your own engine |
| ExaleadSuperb functionality, good advanced options |
| ExciteDoes anyone still use that any more? |
| Factbites Factual information |
| FaganFinder Superb collection of engines |
| Fazzle |
| Feedster |
| Findsounds Audio/sound search engine |
| Freesearch UK based engine, global scope |
| Galaxy Index based |
| Google Do I need to say anything about this one? |
| Google Blogsearch Best blog search engine going |
| Google Directory Same as DMOZ |
| Google Groups Good for obscure information |
| Google Images Yahoo image search is superior |
| Google Local Local to the UK that is. |
| Google News Adequate. Good for email alerts |
| Google Personalised Tailor results to your interests |
| Google Scholar Good(ish) for academic stuff |
| Google Trends Who is looking for what? |
| Healia Excellent medical search engine |
| Hotbot Blast from the past! |
| IAF People search Searches for people! US biased. |
| Icerocket Good for blog searching |
| Illumirate Index based |
| InfoMine For scholarly internet resource collections |
| Infopeople People search |
| Infoservice Index based, bizarre collection of headings |
| Intute Superb directory, very authoritative |
| Irazoo Social search engine, vote for results |
| Ixquick Excellent meta search engine |
| Jayde Business to business |
| Jux2 Excellent meta search & compare results |
| Kartoo Visual search engine, good reputation |
| Kazazz Free text search engine, not particularly exciting |
| KidsclickChildren’s search engine |
| Librarians Internet Index Superb resource |
| Linkopedia Index based, not exciting |
| Live Search One of the big 4 |
| Lycos Almost lost in the midst of time, but still trying |
| Mahalo Social search engine, some like it, I don’t |
| MammaMulti meta search engine that’s been around for years |
| Mastersite Calls itself #1 though I can’t work out why |
| Metacrawler Meta search engine |
| Monstercrawler Meta search engine |
| Mooter Visual search engine |
| MsDewey Microsoft folly; annoying and pointless |
| Oaister Emphasis on hidden web academic material |
| Omnimedicalsearch Excellent medical search engine |
| Peerbot Very unusual engine, as it searches for favicons |
| Pepesearch Does not stand out |
| Pinakes Superb collection of Virtual Libraries |
| Questfinder Selective web directory |
| Quintura First rate, uses clouds of terms. Recommended |
| RedZee Visual search. Awful. Used to be excellent |
| Re-quest Index/Directory web search engine |
| Scandoo accurately indicates a level of trustworthiness |
| Scirus Scientific search of web and selected journals |
| Scrubtheweb Nothing to recommend it |
| Search-beat Uses Google’s database |
| Searchbug Search for people and companies in the US |
| Search.com Metasearch engine |
| Searchhippo Metasearch engine, unimpressed |
| Searchy Personalised search |
| Searchmash Google test bed |
| Search Medica Excellent medical search engine |
| Searchthe.net Meta search engine |
| Searchtheweb Index/Directory |
| Selectsurf Selective web directory |
| Similicio.us Find similar sites |
| Silobreaker Superb news resource |
| Slider Full text search engine that searches DMOZ |
| Smartlinks Index/Directory |
| SMEALSearch Academic authoritative content |
| Sproose Social search engine |
| Sunsteam Index/Directory |
| Supercrawler Index/Directory |
| Technorati Excellent weblog search engine |
| Thenet1 Index/Directory |
| Thunderstone Index/Directory |
| Trooker Superb video search engine |
| Turbo 10 Great for hidden/invisible web |
| TurboScout Very good multi search engine |
| Ujiko Visual search engine |
| Web Brain Visual search engine |
| Webcrawler Meta search engine for GYMA |
| Web-search Meta search engine, one at a time |
| Webworldindex Index/Directory |
| Whatuseek Web/Index based, not worth the trouble |
| Windseek Meta search engine |
| WWW Virtual Library Second only to Pinakes |
| Yahoo! One of the big 4 |
| Yahoo Buzz What’s going on? |
| Yahoo Directory Yahoo as it used to be |
| Yahooligans For children |
| Yahoo Local Local information |
| Yahoo Mindset Emphasis research or shopping |
| YouTube Video engine. Use Trooker instead |
| Zapmeta Allows for various methods of re-ranking |
| Zensearch Uses the Google database |
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Helpful Search Engine Related Sites, Articles and Tips
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Popular Search Engines
Meta-Search EnginesSearch engines that search multiple indexes at one time.
Search Engines That Feature Categorized Indexes Also referred to as: directories or channels. At these sites you can
E-mail, Phone Numbers and Address Search Engines
Specialty Search Engines
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