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Search Engines- all links open in a new window.
This search engine list has been compiled using the input of students in Intro to Computers. Branch out and try something beyond Google!

Your votes

www.google.com
-Google zeitgeist
-Google news
-Google hacks
-Google local

www.yahoo.com

www.ask.com/www.askjeeves.com

www.aolsearch.com

www.altavista.com
-video search feature

search.msn.com

www.dogpile.com

www.websearch.com

www.lycos.com
-multimedia search feature

www.mamma.com

www.alltheweb.com
-multimedia search feature

www.excite.com

www.dogpile.com

www.webcrawler.com

www.encarta.com

www.metacrawler.com

www.comcast.net

Milstead's picks

www.vivisimo.com

www.a9.com

Google-Yahoo results side by side

Google-Yahoo maps side by side

Virtual Earth & Google maps side by side

www.kartoo.com
-weird graphical results

Search engine comparison

Validating websites and their content courtesy UC Berkeley.


Search tips
1. Vary your keywords-search for Vietnam War causes and Vietnam War reasons.
2. Change the order of your search keywords.
3. Use more than one search engine.
4. Use the Directory feature of the search engine like the library.
5. Look for the "Advanced Search" feature in your favorite website to filter results.
6. Use Boolean terms(AND, NOT, OR, -,+) to filter your results- to find information about the moon landing that does not include hoax information search for moon landing -hoax.

Google tips
-Visit the Google feature section.
-Download the Google search toolbar.
-Use the Google tools.
-Use the info command- type info:espn.com to see what sites link to epsn.com.
-Use the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button for a quick trip to Google's number one choice for your search.

 


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