Search Engines

Bookmark Support

Meta Search Engines

  • Highway 61
  • InfoJukebox
  • ixquick
  • Metaplus.com
  • Guide to Meta Search Engines

    Web Directories

    Web Directories are selective, not comprehensive, and are compiled by people, usually editors or "experts".

  • About.com - links to subject areas moderated by experts
  • About.com Closed Guide Relocation Directory
  • LookSmart
  • Open Directory
  • WebBrain - Java-based view of Open Directory using The Brain technology
  • re-Quest dot Net
  • Yahoo! Canada
  • Yahoo!

    Invisible or Deep Web

    Find information that traditional search engines have been unable to access.
  • Deep Web White Paper - by BrightPlanet
  • direct search
  • Invisible Web Gets Deeper - Danny Sullivan
  • http://www.invisible-web.net/
  • InvisibleWeb.com - made up of thousands of databases & searchable sources
  • Lycos Invisible Web Catalog - ~11,000 databases
  • Those Dark Hiding Places - The Invisible Web Revealed

    "Meaning-based" Search Engines

  • Oingo
  • Raging Search
  • WebTop.com - meaning and context-based engine

    Multimedia Engines

  • FindSounds.com - search for sounds
  • Lycos RichMedia - search for multimedia
  • Singingfish

    Science and Technology Search Engines

  • Scirus - scientific information
  • sciseek - science online
  • search4science
  • 50 Best of the Web - from Popular Science

    Specialized Directories & Engines

  • A Collection of (Mainly) Special Search Engines
  • CompletePlanet - engines and dbs
  • EWS Internet Jumpstation U Illinois Engineering Workstation
  • Fathom - not yet running, an "interactive knowledge site"
  • GO Network Express Search - searches multiple search engines and Websites simultaneously
  • Links2Go - web sites organized by related topics
  • Pinakes - A Subject Launchpad - links to major subject gateways
  • RDN: Resource Discovery Network -"providing effective access to high quality Internet resources for the learning, teaching and research community"
  • Search Adobe PDF Online
  • W3 Search Engines - good collection of dozens of search engines by function
  • WebRing - sites grouped in subject rings and linked together

    Weblogs (Blogs)

  • Anatomy of a WebLog
  • Blog Meetup
  • blogChalking
  • blogdex - a weblog index
  • Blogger - create your own blog
  • Blogging - Instant Content on the Net - Peter Scott's presentation at Netspeed 2001
  • Eatonweb
  • Weblogs: A History and Perspective (Sept 2000)

    • You are my search-engine page visitor   E-mail: rreichar@ualberta.ca

    Last updated on August 13, 2002 URL: http://www.ualberta.ca/~rreichar/aengine.htm