SEARCH

Search Engines

------------ Human Indexed ----------
• Yahoo - human compiled - supplemented by Google for robot index.
• Open Directory - a volunteer effort similar to Yahoo. Feeds listings to many other sites.
• Lycos - human compiled - supplemented by HotBot for robot index.
• NBCi (was Snap) - NBC - user submitted and popularity rated - free registration required for advanced features.
• Ask Jeeves - very strange - and they take payment for higher listings.
  -------- Robot Indexed --------
• Google - Good for broad searches - ranks by link popularity
• iLor - based on Google, but with more features.
• Vivisimo - able to categorize by topics.
• Wisenut - finds off-beat sites - try if you didn't find it elsewhere.
• Tioma - more refined popularity ranking compared to Google
• Raging Search - It's AltaVista without all that "portal" crud.
• AltaVista - was going to index entire Internet - nice try.
• HotBot - robot index alied with Lycos.
• Go - Good for broad searches - was InfoSeek.
• Excite - large index - includes non-Web material
• Direct - ranking by popularity.
• Fast Search - searches FTP sites also - very large index.
• Northern Light - Large index - Good research site - also has a "pay per" section with documents not available on the public Web.
• WebTop - large index - can segment by pre-defined "Zones".
• Netscape Search - uses Open Directory plus search engines.
• Web Craller - "Excite Lite" - relatively small index.
• IWon - CBS - the only site that bribes you to use it with prizes.
• MSN Search - Microsoft - results from Look-Smart and Inktomi.
• AOL Search - Results from Open Directory and Inktomi.
  ---------- "Pay for Listing" ----------
• GoTo - "Paid" listings get top billing - non-paid come from Inktomi.
• LookSmart - charges for listing, so many sites are eliminated
  ---------- Targeted --------
• ClickThru - Personally Targeted Site (requires cookies).
  ---------- Filtered ----------
• Go Network - "adult content" filtered out.
  ---------- Newsgroups --------
• Deja / Google - Deja failed financially and has been taken over by Google. The style is completely different now, and there's a cut-off date beyond which old material is not available, but it least we still have it.