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Google
- Google, a popular search engine, is
a tool for finding resources on the
World Wide Web. Google scans web pages
to find instances of the keywords you
have entered in the search box. |
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Yahoo!
- Similar to a search engine, but with
a database generated by hand, this is
the world's most used directory of web
sites. |
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MSN
- MSN Search is a search engine that
allows you to search for web pages,
news, products, groups (see MSN Groups),
images and Microsoft's encyclopedia,
Encarta. |
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DMOZ
- Web Directory edited by human editors.
Also known as ODP (Open Directory Project).
Provides directory results to Google
and other search engines. It is considered
very important from the Search Engine
Optimisation view and it is also the
most tedious and difficult to get in. |
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AltaVista
- A popular search engine with the largest
database on the web, indexing more than
140 million pages. Until 1998, this
search engine provided the search facility
for Yahoo. Altavista indexes all the
words in a web page, and new pages are
normally added to the database fairly
quickly, within a couple of working
days. |
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Ask.com
- A meta search engine which can be
asked questions in English. It also
has paid inclusion / paid listing program. |
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AllTheWeb
- AlltheWeb is a major search engine.
It was debuted in mid-1999 introduced
by Fast Search and Transfer and used
primarily as a show piece site. |
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HotBot
- One of the largest search engines,
indexing 110 million pages. Powered
by Inktomi, new submissions appear to
be taking two weeks or longer to appear. |
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Excite
- Excite is an Internet portal with
an included search engine. It is one
of the most recognized brands on the
Internet. Excite belongs to the Ask
Jeeves network. Excite offers a variety
of services, including web-mail, stock
quotes, and a customizable user homepage. |
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