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What is MetaSearch?
MetaSearch lets you search query many different search engines,
while only having to type your query once. When you search,
a "MetaSearch" bar appears at the bottom of the search results
page. Clicking on one of the links will forward your query to another
search engine, so you don't have to type it again.
- Amfibi - General search engine with an uncluttered interface in a choice of Catalan, English, French, and Spanish. Also has a web directory using the Open Directory.
- Ask - Offers search for web sites, news, weather reports, pictures, stocks, maps and directions, people or products. Also has a dictionary search.
- Creative Commons Search - Powered by Nutch, it searches content which can be re-used (for somes uses) without having to pay or ask permission.
- Dumbfind - Offers the option to specify a general topic as well as specific keywords for more precise results.
- Entireweb - The English-language version of a Swedish search engine with a clean interface and large database.
- Exalead - Search engine with a large database. Search results offer options to narrow search by website location, language and document type. Makes use of the Open Directory thematic classification. The company provides enterprise search and and web search.
- FactBites.com - A cross between a search engine and an encyclopedia. The results return complete, informative sentences about the search topic. Related topics are suggested.
- Gigablast - A search engine with a clean interface, advanced search options including sorting by date, and a real time url submission feature. Includes PDF documents in its index.
- Govmine - This search engine by Convera places relevance above popularity in serving up results. It groups results by category, and offers options to search news, blogs, images and US government sites.
- Lexxe - Processes natural language queries and delivers results in clusters by topic. Queries can be keywords, phrases or short questions.
- Mojeek - Search engine with a simple interface and no advertising. Offers the ability to create a customized topical or personal search index.
- Mozdex - Uses open source search technologies and an index seeded from the Open Directory.
- MSN Search - Microsoft provides search of the web, news, images and its own encyclopedia, Encarta. Also offers desktop search via a toolbar.
- Objects Search - An uncluttered interface offers options to search the web, news and blogs, includes cached pages and 'anchors', which are titles and descriptions from the Open Directory.
- Scrub The Web - Search engine with sponsored links at the top of results. Also offering a meta tag builder and analyzer.
- Search 2.0 - Blog dedicated to coverage of the next generation of search engines and new technologies from the original players with tips, tricks, and tutorials on how to search more effectively.
- SearchHippo - Indexes the sites listed in the major Internet directories. Offers free web services, including a search toolbar, and code for webmasters to provide search boxes on their sites.
- ThreeMice - Natural-language answer engine, which queries the internet in real time, and will serve up full text from selected sites.
- Ulysseek - A straightforward search engine with a simple interface.
- Wikipedia: Search Engine - Article in the online collaborative encyclopedia, describing the history and mechanisms of Web search engines.
- Wotbox - Search engine with country specific searching. Options to display country flags, and include preview and translation features. Sponsored links appear in panels separate from the main results.
- ACM Queue: Why Writing Your Own Search Engine is Hard - Anna Patterson explains the problems of search engine design in practical terms in this lengthy article. (April, 2004)
- NPR : The Search Engine Wars - In a five-part series, NPR's Rick Karr takes a look at the business of search engines. (April, 2004)
- Search Engines and Editorial Integrity - Article from the USC Online Journalism Review examines the issue of major search engines adopting deceptive, misleading advertising practices at the expense of editorial integrity and their users. (April 2, 2002)
- Commercial Alert Files Complaint Against Search Engines for Deceptive Ads - A complaint filed with the United States Federal Trade Commission by Ralph Nader's Commercial Alert service, which charges the major search engines of inserting advertisements in search engine results without clear disclosure that the ads are ads. (July 16, 2001)
- The Evolution of Web Searching - David Green's paper from Online Information Review explores the development of search engine technologies. (March, 2000)
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