Directory of Search Engines Resources

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A search engine is a web site connected to a database that catalogs other Web sites. It will search the actual text of other web sites. A computer search program, or spider, follows links on web pages to regularly and automatically rebuild this database.

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• AOL Search
• Academic
• Articles
• Ask
• Bing
• Family Friendly
• Google
• Looksmart
• Open Source
• Providers
• Regional
• Robots
• Sitemaps
• Specialized
• Yahoo

Resources in This Category

• Active Search Results

  http://www.activesearchresults.com/
  An independent search engine with its own spider and page ranking algorithm.

• Amfibi

  http://www.amfibi.com/
  General search engine which includes its own index of websites.

• Apexoo

  http://www.apexoo.com/
  Indexes the front page content of the sites which are listed in its directory.

• Cluuz

  http://cluuz.com/
  Web search engine featuring semantic cluster graphs, image extraction, and tag clouds.

• DuckDuckGo

  https://duckduckgo.com/
  Provides a clean interface together with a no-tracking privacy policy. Offers keyboard shortcuts to navigate and zero-click information sources displayed in the search results.

• Entireweb

  http://www.entireweb.com/
  The English-language version of a Swedish search engine with a clean interface and large database.

• FactBites

  http://www.factbites.com/
  A cross between a search engine and an encyclopedia. The results return complete, informative sentences about the search topic. Related topics are suggested.

• HotBot

  http://www.hotbot.com/
  Offers Lycos services including searching.

• Lexxe

  http://www.lexxe.com/
  Processes natural language queries and delivers results in clusters by topic. Queries can be keywords, phrases or short questions.

• Mahalo

  http://www.mahalo.com/
  Human compiled and edited search engine.

• Mojeek

  http://www.mojeek.com/
  Search engine with a clean interface and no advertising, no tracking. Also offers business solutions.

• Privatelee

  https://privatelee.com/
  Non-tracking search engine pulls in results from Google and Bing. Includes infinite scrolling and WOT rating.

• Scrub The Web

  http://www.scrubtheweb.com/
  Search engine with sponsored links at the top of results. Also offering a meta tag builder and analyzer.

• SearchHippo

  http://www.searchhippo.com/
  Indexes sites listed in the major internet directories. Offers free web services, including a search toolbar, and code for webmasters to provide search boxes on their sites.

• Spiderline

  http://www.spiderline.net/
  Results with thumbshots of the sites.

• Wotbox

  http://www.wotbox.com/
  Search engine with country specific searching. Options to display country flags, and include preview and translation features. Sponsored links appear in panels separate from the main results.

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