Friday, April 22, 2011

Searching is more than just Yahoo and Google

The internet is full of search engines. Searching is not limited to just Yahoo and Google. There are many others that can fill your specific needs. Depending on what you are searching, it is advisable to use a search engine that will give you the best results. You can choose from web search engines, selection-based engines and metasearch engines.

The following is just a sample of what is available to you:

Bing is Microsoft's search engine, formerly Windows Live Search and MSN Search, bing offers Web search and image search as well as videos, shopping, news, maps.

Dogpile fetches and ranks results from multiple search engines, letting you search for key words, pictures, audio, video, news, or phone numbers from a single page.

AltaVista provides web and newsgroup search engines, as well as paid submission services.

HotBot Search engine that offers custom filters, skins, and access various other engines.

AllTheWeb Search engine which indexes web pages, as well as multimedia, audio, FTP, PDF, and MS Word files from around the world.

Lycos the online destination site combining elements of navigation, community, and commerce.

The Ask.com search engine allows users to find online information by asking a question, entering a phrase, or giving a key word. Formerly Ask Jeeves.

Excite provides search, news, email, personals, portfolio tracking, and other services.

Find.com Search engine and subject directory helps users find friends, people, businesses and websites; expert directory on topics for business and pleasure.

PeekYou Search engine that helps other people find your web sites, social networking pages, photos, or anything else about you online.

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