Directory of Searching Resources

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Sites which offer ways to search the Internet for information, or describe or discuss ways to search it.

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Age of Dot Com

http://www.ageof.com/
Links to search resources including start pages, integrated search forms, portals, engines, guides, and directories. Offers both a simple links page and a directory with descriptions and ratings.
Big Search Engine Index

http://www.search-engine-index.co.uk/
Directory listing hundreds of search engines, categorized, described and rated.
Geniusfind

http://www.geniusfind.com/
Categorizes thousands of the most useful topic-specific directories and databases, with descriptions.
InFoPeople: Best Search Tools Chart

http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
Comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features.
Internet Scout

https://scout.wisc.edu/
Since 1994, the Internet Scout Research Group (Scout) has focused on developing better tools and services for finding, filtering, and presenting online information and metadata. From the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
ISEDB

http://www.isedb.com/
A directory of search engines and directories worldwide, organized by geographical area and subject, includes articles on site submission, marketing, and optimization.
List of Search Engine Lists

http://l-lists.com/en/lists/lv2azk.html
A lists search engines, metasearch engines, people/image/video/social search engines.
List of Search Engines

http://www.listofsearchengines.org/
A list of search engines ranked by unique visitor count and categorized by type.
Search Engine Challenge

http://www.searchenginechallenge.com/
Provides unbranded search results from the top five search engines. You can then vote on the one you find the most relevant. All users' votes are aggregated and provided in a pie chart showing voting distribution after you vote.
Search Engine Colossus

http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Directory of hundreds of search engines, organised by country and topic.
Search Engine History

http://www.searchenginehistory.com/
Information on early technologies, directories, vertical search and search engine marketing. Provides a number of links for further reading.
Search Engine Relationship Chart

http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginechart.pdf
Bruce Clay's pictorial view of how search engines provide data to partner engines and directories.
Search Engine Showdown

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
A user's guide to Web searching with features, comparative analysis, strategies, discussion, news and reviews.
Search Engine Watch

http://searchenginewatch.com/
A guide to search engine marketing and search engine optimization. Forums, reviews, articles, ratings, and frequent newsletters. Paying members receive access to extra content.
Search Engines Index

http://www.searchenginesindex.com/
Search Engines from every country in the world collected and maintained by two Danish journalists.
Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets

http://www.searchtools.com/
Provides information, news and advice about web site searching technology. Includes a guide, search tools list, glossary, and opportunity to compare searches of its own site by different tools. Offers a free monthly email newsletter.
Searchenginez

http://searchenginez.com/
Search forms for the most effective engines in dozens of categories from Robert Skelton. Includes reviews, ratings, webmaster tools, and tutorials.
The Ultimate Search Engine Links Page

http://www.searchenginelinks.co.uk/
A directory of search engines: general, metasearch, pay-per-click, children's, subject, country and people search. All are described and can be rated.
Topix: Search Engines News

http://www.topix.com/business/search-engines
News on the search engine industry continually updated from thousands of sources around the Net.
Web Search University 2009

http://www.websearchu.com/2009/
Conference for Internet researchers to hone their skills and refresh their search competencies, held September 14-15, 2009, Washington, DC. Includes registration and past event schedules and speakers.

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