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101 SuperSeek - Sprawling search site featuring all major search engines and over 1,200 specialized directories. With customizable multi-engine search feature. |
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AltaVista - Web and Usenet News searcher, indexing over 100 million pages. Categories are: simple, people, business, subject, and advanced searches. |
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Ask Jeeves - "Real language" search engine lets users word queries without knowledge of boolean algebra. With games, postcards, and popular search listings. |
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Debriefing Meta Search Engine - Java-based search which crawls AltaVista, Yahoo, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler , Lycos and Hotbot to return collated results. |
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Deja News - Quick or power searching of newsgroups, within newsgroups, and to find a newsgroup to fit your interest. |
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DevSearch: Engine for Web Builders - Project Cool offering that gives you several resource sites to trawl, and allows you to specify design, scripting or HTML as your interest area. |
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Excite - Use this well-known service to search by keywords or text strings, or browse the categories of reviewed sites. |
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FTP search - You may want to read the searching and formatting parameters before using this ftp search engine, located on a server in Trondheim, Norway. |
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FindSpot - One stop shop for free access to Internet and Usenet search engines and directories. With multiple search syntax and example-based help. |
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Finding Data on the Internet - JournalistÆs guide to using the Net for database research, with links to data on air safety, campaign contributions, medicine, crime, and more. |
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Galaxy Einet - Search using any or all keywords, title, or link text searches within chosen categories. User-defined result display. |
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HotBot - Wired magazine's search engine, powered by Inktomi, allows you to search within particular geographic or cyber areas. |
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Infoseek - Search the Web, email addresses, newsgroups or a company directory by keyword, name or full questions. Or browse the reviews. |
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IntelliSearch - Free 2 week trial of a charged-for service giving you unlimited access to more than 1,600 business information sources. |
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Internet Sleuth - Find what you're after by choosing from over 3,000 searchable databases. Narrow the search down by selecting from over 20 subject listings. |
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LookSmart Spotlight Site - Web Search - Master the art of searching using the large array of tools available, including newsgroup and mailing list searchers. From The Mining Company. |
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Lycos - Customizable search engine allows you to enter a search string or browse the Web by subject. With a newcomers' section. |
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Magellan - Smart search recognizes concepts related to keyword searches and returns them in order of relevancy. |
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Mamma: Mother of All Search Engines - Multi-engine searching of web sites, magazines, newspapers, newsgroups, companies, and MP3 files. |
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My Virtual Reference Desk - Large index of general and specialized search engines and directories, browsable by topic or title. |
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NetSearcher - Search engine provided from Internet.com. Useful for ISP, Java, ecommerce, and browser-related searches. |
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PC Game Finder - Free search engine service locates reviews, demos, hints, add-ons, fan pages, and official homepages for PC game titles, including new releases. |
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PC Webopaedia - Encyclopedia and search engine dedicated to computer technology. With browsable categories, top search terms listing, and related links. |
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Phantom - Mac and Win95/NT web crawler for webmasters. Site visitors get platform-specific information, no matter where it is on the Internet. |
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PlanetSearch - Search by keyword for web pages, email addresses, company, government and personal homepages, and international white and yellow pages. |
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Search Engine Watch - Informs users and web developers on all aspects of search engines and directories. Includes news and analyses of all the major players.. |
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Search.com - You will never get lost again. Find the sites youÆre after by subject, or by keyword using a selection of search engines. |
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Starting Point - Revamped search engine/directory with a select listing of high-quality sites under 12 categories. Personalize listings by adding favorite URLs. |
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WebCrawler Searching - Natural language searching using plain English words. Designed for novice users, but includes some advanced features. |
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WebSitez - Search for specific domain addresses by entering part of a web address, keywords, or company names. |
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Windweaver Training Resources - Boston author/trainer Tracy Marks reviews, recommends, and gives tips on using Internet search engines and directories. |
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Yahoo! - Original search engine and directory of the Web. Search the entire database at once, or comb through the categories. |
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