• 2trom.com:
• 1stHeadlines
• 80s Search: - search engine that looks exclusively for information related to the 1980s!

• Aesir Custom Search: Customize your favorite search engine with output filters.
• AllOneSearch.com - the one-stop search resource. Our ever popular internet resource guides are now complemented by a powerful search tool
• All Academic - provides free academic searches of the internet. Authors can index academic work as well.
• AllMortgageSearch.com - mortgage specific search engine.
• All Pages.com:
• AllSmallBiz.com - search engine dedicated to small business information.
• All the Web: "Search All The Web, All the Time:"
• AlphaSearch - unified interface for over search engines all on one page.
• AltaVista - web and newsgroup search engine.
• AltaVista Australia - mirror site providing Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Rim users with faster access. Site is now called Go eurika.com
• AltaVista Canada
• AltaVista Europe - mirror site offering a variety of countries to connect to and languages to choose from.
• Ananzi - search engine dedicated to the South African domain.
• Ancestor Search: Genealogy Search Engines
  
• ANeedle.com - offers directory of search engines and sites.
• Answers: Australia and New Zealand
• AOL Web Tools - servers and HTML editors courtesy of America Online.
• Aqueous "Aqueous is the only search engine / directory dedicated to water related sites! "
• Argus Music Searcher - multisearch generator that uses artist names and/or album titles to return results from the web and usenet. Most major commercial search services are used.
• Ask Jeeves Results: A bit quirky, but it sorts the results out into categories for you, which is QUITE useful sometimes!! - divides search results into categories better than any similar search-engine.
• Ask Pete! Fast response back from major search engines in a colorful interface.
• AsiaStop
• Astalavista - daily updated search engine monitoring hundreds sites

• Auction Watchers: "your guide to information on the internet. "

• BabyOIL - resource discovery system - Simple interface to some of the most popular Internet resources: WWW, Libraries, Software, People, Tech Report, Online documents
• Bango.net - enables people to access web pages using numbers instead of complex web addresses.
• Beaucoup Search Engines - More than 350 search engines in categorized tables. Also in 6 languages, all-in-one searches, and forms.
• Best Search: "A worldwide collection of Search Engines choose your country - submit your website safe time - get the information easy and fast on international and regional search-engines"
• BetterWhois.com - meta search all domain registrars to find out who owns and administers a given Internet domain, and with what registrar the domain name is registered.
• Best Biotech Websites in the World-
• BigHub, The: Allows you to search a huge number of specialty sites, all from the same place. Also lets you meta search some major search engines, though the default is to hit only search engines with paid listings. Formerly the Internet Sleuth (iSleuth.com).
• Black Widow Search Engine: Provides indentation of multiple results from the same sites and also offers context highlighting.
• BizAds Business Locator - search engine dedicated to business listings. Come add your business for increased visibility or use our lightening fast business locator.
• Book MetaSearch: Book MetaSearch Lets you search the 6 bookstores/directories listed on this page for the same title all at once.

• C4: C4 allows meta searching against several major search engines, with a nice, clean interface.
• Chubba: Search results are combined into one large list and duplicates removed, or results can be viewed by search engine.
• Claymont.com:
• Clear Ink's SpellWeb - uses search engines to vote on the spelling or popularity of a pair of words or phrases.
• Click Here to Find.com:
• Clickey: -keyword based search engine of registered domain names.
• CNET Search: -searches the web for computer-related information. Offers channels to metasearch specialized engines from around the Web
• CNN: -News page. Constantly updated
• Coat of Arms and Family Surname Search Engines
• Community-based Navigation: -We are testing an enhanced version of Mosaic that supports fast Likert scale rating and automatically pools item-ratings in a community server that can recommend and evaluate URLs.
• Crawler: -Offering metasearch services, directory, email, and other services.
• Cross Daily.com: "All In One Christian MetaSearch Engine: Search 4 Christian Search Engines at once
• CurryGuide: -meta search engine allowing searches within the UK, Europe, and worldwide.

• D Moz: "The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors."
• Debriefing: A metasearch tool with both English and French interfaces. In French mode, major French search engines are queried. Results are prefaced by "Dynamic Topics" related to the original search. Selecting one adds more terms to the search, which may provide more focused results.
• Direct Hit - ranks search results according to what other people have selected as the most relevant and popular sites for your search request.
• DIY Search - search engine dedicated to the DIY music, e-zine and arts community.
• Dogpile - multi-engine semi-parallel search interface. Searches logically through several search engines until 10 matches are found. Allows use of boolean and proximity operators.

• Earth Link:- search all the biggies right from this page. Phone and stock symbol search, FTP search, Fed EX, UPS, Airborne tracking.
• East Bay Directory Search- the intelligent massively fast parallel web search.
• EMNET: a unified interface for several search engines that do resource discovery and in the Web.
• eNature.com     The complete guide to plant and animal life.
• Encyclopedia.com: connected to 3,000,000 articles: I don't know how it stacks up to Britanica, but it IS good!
• Espotting.com - European search engine where consumers - or 'spotters' - get rewarded for searching.
• Euroseek:
• Excite - is a global media Co. offering consumers and advertisers comprehensive Internet navigation services with extensive personalization capabilities. Excite, Inc.'s services include the Excite and WebCrawler brands.
• ez2www. com: MetaSearch, Directory, Comparison Shop, World Yellow Pages, Live Radios & TVs, 2 ...
• EZ-Find - This utility lets you enter keywords to search for on the Net, and then submit them in turn to several search engines without having to retype them for each engine.

• Family Friendly Search - searches several kids-safe sites at the same time.
• Family History Research & Fine Heraldic Art
• Fiji Search Engine
• FindArticles.com - free search service for leading business, entertainment, and internet publications available online.
• Find-It! - A complete internet search tool for finding web/www documents, people, software, and usenet newsgroups with a cool interface. Search them all from one page!
• Find it Fast
• Findspot - an internet searching gateway designed to assist users in creating searches that retrieve a manageable list of useful results.
• FindWhat.com - provides a real-time system for advertisers to ‘pay for position’ in results rankings.
• Free Wallpaper Metasearch Featuring the best web sites for free wallpaper, computer
• Freeality Internet Search: -access hundreds of searches in a wide variety of topics.

• G-Spot – Philippine’s first search engine.
• Genealogy Search Engines Ancestor Search:
• GeoIndex - search tool for geo-environmental professionals.
• GlobalAds
• Go eurika.com : this search engine used to be AltaVista Australia - mirror site providing Australian, New Zealand, and Pacific Rim users with faster access. Site is now called
• The Good Zoo Guide Online (goodzoos.com), the essential guide to the best zoos, wildlife parks and animal collections on the planet,animals information, conservation issues and much, much more!
• Google - uses text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search.
• GoSearch
• Go2Net MetaCrawler search:

• Heuréka: - search engine for the Hungarian Webspace.
• Hick's All-in-One Search Page
• High Beam Library Search: "Search our extensive archive of more than 32 million documents from over 2,800 sources -- a vast collection of articles from leading publications, updated daily and going back as far as 20 years. Save your searches, save articles and set up alerts to save time and increase your efficiency."
• HitSeeker
• Holler 2 the World
• HotBot - offers users a point-and-click interface, pull down menus, and the ability to use plain English terminology for constructing searches.
• HotWords - searches take you directly to sites rather than search results.

• Ibeau - search and navigational directory of sites featuring Asian celebrities.
• ICQ iT!
• ImproveMySearch.com - meta-search engine ranks results according to popularity.
• Index of Indices - search the Net for web sites, email addresses, usenet articles, or software.  
• InfoGrid: In a compact format, InfoGrid provides direct links to major search sites and topical web sites in different categories. Meta search and news searching is also offered.
• InfoTiger Search Engine - Intelligent search - COOL ranking!
• InfoZoid: Query the major search engines, choose to see results integrated or sorted by engine. Specialty meta search also available.
• InfoZona - state-specific searchable database of links. "Welcome to Infozona of Arizona the first Arizona ONLY search site!"
• Irena - Web Connections Finder: -Australian Nationmal University: glean from a target page of this Web server all relevant hypertext links and their annotations. Irena is is especially useful for locating links to resources referenced in long, complex and densly written HTML documents..
• iTools! -"We're pleased to serve you the latest addition to the iTools! family: a great collection of language tools. We've made them quick, easy to use and much better than the older language tools we had in Research-It!. "
• Ixquick: Meta search engine that ranks results based on the number of "top 10" rankings a site receives from the various search engines.

• Jayde Online Directory - includes email accounts, searchable database of sites, stock quotes and newsletters.
• James Kirk Search Engine - looks specifically for Star Trek sites.
• Job Bank USA:
• JotBot - a tiny JavaScripted input window that provides access to the top search engines.

• Keyword.com:
• Kostenloses.com: "A worldwide collection of Search Engines choose your country - submit your website safe time - get the information easy and fast
  on international and regional search-engines"

• Langenberg.com: -300 Search Forms in 30 Categories
• Law Enforcement Links Directory & Police Search Engine and Directory - categories include operational support, crime statistics, information resources, and administrative support. 1000's of Law Enforcement Sites
• Law Research: www search engine forms
• Librarian, The - Provides extensive access to many interesting topics
• Library Spot: Good research library of sites.
• LinkMaster:
• LinksToYou.com - links pointing to your web site to improve your search engine rankings.
• Locate.com all-in-one search page - Web, News, People, Maps: Good place to go to find people, places, etc. in the USA - also has a variety of search engines on one site.
• Look Smart: "The global leader in web directories, helping more than 40,000 businesses harness the power of Internet search to generate qualified leads. "
• LuXPoint: - Internet directory and search for Luxembourg.
• Lycos - develops and provides online guides to locate and filter information on the Internet. Products enable users to accurately identify and select information of interest to them.

• McFind.com - allows customized or pre-programmed searches.
• Mamma.com: Mother of all search engines. Metsearch
• Mechanical Bull - Javascript "remote control" system for searching multiple search engines at the same time.
• Metacrawlers: "Unlike search engines, metacrawlers don't crawl the web themselves to build listings. Instead, they allow searches to be sent to several search engines all at once. The results are then blended together onto one page. "
  
• MetaCrawler - search service that relies on the databases of other search engines.
• MetaEureka: pull up site information, and search related sites. Meta search with no graphics, provides up to 100 results per search, and offers a filter to exclude adult content.
• MetaGopher - multi-engine search tool.
• MetaSearch:
• MetaSearch [ineedhits.com] powered by MonsterCrawler
• Metor - search and retrieval system that integrates information from databases whose contents cannot be reached by traditional search engines.
• MIDI Explorer Search Engine: - finds rare songs or organizes all versions of a popular tune.
• MOSHIx2 - Japanese and English search engine. Also has a browseable directory of sites.
• MSNBC. News search
• MSN Internet Search
• Multimeta: This is a fast meta search engine (simultaneous searches in the major search engines, free URL submission service).There is even an e-mail feature that allows you to receive the search results by e-mail. {Thanks Mehul for bringing this one to my attention.}
• myGO - a meta search engine and start page to the Web.

• Name & Meanings Search Engine: - database includes origins of names and the most popular ones for each decade.
• NationalDirectory
• NBCi:  
• Netacer - includes marketplace, email and search engine resources.
• Netscape Search - combines results from the Netcenter, Open Directory, and the Web.
• Northern Light:
• Northwestern College SearchIT - reference assistance, World Wide Web, Gopher, USENET, books, people, and FTP search tools
• Netcraft - Service that can tell you what platform/web server a particular site is using.
• Netword - a word or short phrase that provides free access to an Internet destination. People & companies are creating Networds so you can find their information easily.
• NewsBlip - search engine for recent or breaking news.
• NewsBot - Search and clip articles from many sources, specifying subject and time frame.
• NewsTrawler: "NewsTrawler is a Parallel Search Engine for news on the Internet."

• One2seek; Fast, colorful meta search results
• Oingo - offering a meaning-based search service.
• OneKey :
• One Page MultiSearch Engines: Clean interface lets you query major services from one page.
• OneSearch - searches up to 15 search engines.
• OneSeek: Allows you to view results from individual search engines within a frame. You can change search engines as desired.
• Open Directory : a LOT of links to all kinds of subjects!!!

• Pandia MetaSearch: "With the Pandia Metasearch engine you can search some of the best search engines and directories in one go, including Yahoo!, AltaVista, the Open Directory, Fast and more. "
• Phaster.com - includes chat, news, TV guide, reverse lookup, stock quotes, search engines, and more.
• Phoenix Gate Search - the top 1 search engines right here.
• Powersearch  - search two topics at once, triple & quad engine searches.
• Proteus: Lets you easily send your search to one of several search engines. It also has links to search engine help pages.

• Query Server: "Ten general purpose Internet search engines are queried, and the results are combined and categorized according to the options you choose."

• Raging Search: "In our continuing effort to provide the world's best search experience, we have combined Raging Search with our improved AltaVista Text Search. "
• RedeSearch - searches many of the largest search engines and directories at once using key words.
• Robban's SuperSearch - Search-utility written in JavaScript. "WELCOME TO Supersearch! Search WWW, Usenet, People..."
• Roots Web Metasearch: Geneology search
• Ruzivo - Black Metasearch Engine Metasearch the Best Black-Oriented Websites. Search Engines used by Ruzivo EverythingBlack.com
  

• SavvySearch - sends your query to many search engines simultaneously, and the results can be displayed in any of several languages.
• Scrub The Web - includes searching, user submissions, and a meta tag analyzer.
• Search-All-in-One.com:All the best search engines on one page
• SearchBuddy: "TalkingBuddyTM is an amazing full featured talking software program that uses animated characters and your computer's sound card to read aloud your E-Mail, Local Weather, Stock Quotes, News Headlines, Reminders, Jokes, Web Pages and much more. "
• Search Caddy: Meta search for web sites, news and stock information.
• Search.com: Search.com is a meta search engine operated by Cnet. It offers both web-wide search and a wide variety of specialty search options.
• Search Adobe PDF Online - search engine for PDF documents that allows you to view the summaries before viewing the actual documents.
• SearchBug.com: An excellent and well-organized collection of search sites, ranging from reverse phone number searches to package tracking, as well as covering the major search engines. Formerly called Search-It-All.
• Search.com - online forms for most major and minor search engines from CNET.
• Search Engines Galore World
• Search IQ:
• SearchEngineZ: Select Resources for Serious Searchers
  • SearchEngineZ - Meta Search: Search 23 search engines
• Search Ireland:
  
• Search King - engine that relies on web surfing for quality searching results. Searchers vote on sites, assuring relevant internet results.
• Searcher's Road Less Traveled - a selection of underrated, obscure, unpublicized and newer search engines you may not have tried.
• Search Runner: Meta search over 23 subjects on the web, including web sites, books, auctions, MP3s, stock quotes and news.
• Search Shack.com
• Search Spaniel: Results from each search engine appear on their own page or can be framed within a single page.
• Search Turtle: Web Directory & Search Engine
• SearchWiz: Fast, clean results from major search engines.
• Searches.com
• Seek123.com: Meta search engine that blends results page from each search engine it queries into a single page.
• SelectSurf – Sitemap
• Serverwatch - news, reviews, tutorials, and downloads for news/app/mail servers, and more.
• SherlockHound: Combines results pages from major search engines into one single page. Available in several languages.
• Sitexplorer - in English, German, Italian, and Spanish.
• Skworm: Nicely done guide to search engines with the ability to query from the same page.
• Slashdot: "News for nerds. Stuff that Matters!"
• Spider's Apprentice, The - a public service site that offers help on searching the Web. We also analyze and rate the major search engines.
• Spire Project Light - unified search engine search with syntax translation, forms to news resources, and more.
• Stranded Online.com
• Supercrawler: Searches the major search engines, removes duplicate results, sorts by confidence and displaysmatching results.
• SurfSearcher - metasearch other databases for web sites, e-mail addresses, newsgroups postings, books and other online services.

• TheLinks - includes major search engines, plus 800 numbers, zip codes, usp, yellow pages and medical databases.
• Thrashin's Research Lab: - start your internet search here with many links to the most popular search engines on the net.
• Thunderstone - an index of sites, not pages.
• Top9.com: - sites in each topical category are ranked by popularity.
• TotalNews - links to major news sites all over the web.
• Tracer Lock: " Real-Time News Alerts: Every day TracerLock monitors hundreds of the most significant news sites around the globe - and e-mails you an alert within as little as 15 minutes of the publication of new articles that match your search terms."
• Téquan's Page of Search Engines

• Ultimate Search - not just links! One form for the best search engines around!
• United States of America Web Resource:  "Contains 937,504 indexed links!"The ultimate local Web Directory"
  

• Vivisimo: Enter a search term, and Vivismo will not only pull back matching responses from major search engines but also automatically organize the pages into categories. Slick and easy to use.
• Voila - search the web or browse through categories.

• W3 Search Engines:
• Webcrawl - total net search. Search over 2 Billion web pages!
• Web Crawler is a favorite among many Internet users and gives you the option of listing page titles only or summaries.
• WebInfoSearch: Sends your search to an extremely large list of search engines.
• WebQuartet - Tons of Free Stuff: by Ross Dalangin
  
• Web Search Engine
• Webtaxi - provides a single interface for both parallel and nonparallel methods of searching multiple sites.
  
• What-U-Seek - uses Chubba to search the Web
• WorldLight: Metacrawler with web page and image searching.
• World Wide Mess: - access to search engines, popular and useful links, ArchiePlex, FTP search, files, and Win/Net tips and tricks.

• Yahoos:  see listing at the bottom of this page

• Xitami - portable free web server that runs on all UNIX platforms, OS/2, OpenVMS, several Windows platforms.

• ZenSearch
• Zdnet: News page

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