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Meta Search Engines

Dogpile

Using the search keywords or phrases you enter, Dogpile metasearch retrieves the greatest number of relevant results that match your query. With Dogpile metasearch, you have access to not just one search engine, but many of the Web's most popular search tools, including: AltaVista, Direct Hit, Dogpile Open Directory, Dogpile Web Catalog, FindWhat, Google, GoTo.com, InfoSeek, Kanoodle, LookSmart, Lycos, RealNames, Sprinks from About, and Yahoo!

Eureka

Eureka! is a simple and easy to use Internet search engine that provides access to many of the major search engines on the web. Eureka! provides a simple yet unlimited interface to each search engine that is fast and efficient. A detailed description and review of most search engines is also included.

Ez2find

A metasearch engine that gathers results from AlltheWeb, Teoma, Google, Yahoo!, AltaVista, Wisenut, ODP, and MSN, parses the results, removes the duplicates, and includes links to relevant directory categories (directory results from the Open Directory) and to clustered results.

IzIto

Described as a clustering, meta-search engine. This means that your results are gathered from a selection of other Internet search engines, and that these results are grouped into narrower subject collections (in a list on the left-hand side) which may help you refine your search. Cf. Vivisimo below.

Metacrawler

MetaCrawler searches seven of the largest search engines on the internet and has access to many more web pages than any of the originating search engines. It also consolidates duplicate pages and presents its results in a consistent display and without showing the commercial messages (ads).

Alternative searches: Power search

ps. Metafind although often listed separately, is part of the Metacrawler site.

Search.com

This search engine will search eleven other search engines simultaneously and promptly return the results. The engines searched include Lycos, Excite, HotBot, WebCrawler, Google, Galaxy, AltaVista, Thunderstone, NationalDirectory, Infoseek and Direct Hit. Search.com (formerly SavvySearch) is a good way to get a look at a lot of fast results at once. Search.com's query interface is a simple basic query but if all you ever do are simple searches, it might be all you'll ever need.

Vivisimo

A "clustering" search engine, by which it is meant that the results that are retrieved from a search are then grouped into further subcategories, so helping you refine the search and focus on exactly your topic.

Alternative searches: Advanced search available for selecting engines to search.

Webcrawler

Webcrawler presents the information in a short form or you can click on a button to get the long form. The simple interface belies the fact that you can do some advanced searching also. There are also ways you can improve your results.

Search Engine Watch

Although not strictly a "meta" search engine this site will give you links to all the major search engines, meta search engines, regional search engines, and multimedia search engines etc. One of the added values of the site is that it also rates search engines against each other.

About

Like Searchenginewatch above, this is another site that gives links to search engines: major search engines, meta search engines, regional search engines etc. There are also topical search engines for the arts/humanities, business, computing, education, news, government, science, society etc. There are also useful tips on how to search the Internet, and a special category on how to Choose the best search engine.


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