Search Engines
Search Engines
There are many different search engines on the Internet, so how do you decide which one to use? Here are a few suggestions to help get your search started. The Internet Guide also has hints on using a search engine.
General Search Engines sometimes referred to as spider searches, which crawl the Web collecting information about your chosen topic.
All The Web www.alltheweb.com
Google www.google.co.uk
Alta Vista www.altavista.com
WebCrawler www.webcrawler.com
Meta Search Engines search more than one major search engine at a time, listing any hits within seconds.
Ask Jeeves www.ask.co.uk
Dogpile www.dogpile.co.uk
Metacrawler www.metacrawler.com
Directories or Web Guides made up of huge lists of websites that are organised by topic, category, quality etc.
Yahoo www.yahoo.co.uk
UK Directory www.ukdirectory.co.uk
Lycos www.lycos.co.uk
Yahooligans www.yahooligans.com
Ask Jeeves Kids www.ajkids.com
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Children's Internet Guide