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Up one levelThis is one of the most interesting areas of development on the Internet: how search engines find and retrieve information. Here are some useful resources on search.
- Google Search Engine
- If cleanliness is closer to godliness, then using Google must fit somewhere in between, even closer! This is the pre-eminent search engine in 2003-4 (dated for posterity) and while it is now being sought by some technology behemoths as an acquisition, the future looks bright for this category killer.
- Read more: Google Search Engine
- Teoma Search Engine
- An up and coming search tool that has interesting "related" links, so that when your basic search results are returned, Teoma attempts to find additional categories or additional query terms to refine your search.
- Read more: Teoma Search Engine
- Altavista Search Engine
- Once a search leader, now just one of the pack, Altavista has flopped about for a long time but it's still a nice backup search utility if you aren't getting anywhere with the others. Once nice function that Altavista has remained a leader in is searching over multiple file formats.
- Read more: Altavista Search Engine
- Search Engine Watch
- This is the leading source for information about search engines. Find out about who is really behind the search (Yahoo!: first, Altavista, then Google, then . . . ) and how to make your content more easily accessible.
- Read more: Search Engine Watch
- Google Toolbar
- Once again, the leader in search functionality! Google's Toolbar, now copied by Altavista, Teoma, and others, enables you to take your search anywhere on your Internet travels. It's one of those basic tools that, once you've used it (like the scrolling dial on a mouse!), you can't live without it. It's a free download but it doesn't work with all browsers.
- Read more: Google Toolbar
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