Google is one of the newer Web search engines. In Feb. 1999 it moved from Alpha test version to Beta and on Sept. 21, 1999 it officially launched. It has made its mark for its relevance ranking based on link analysis. It introduced phrase searching and the - for NOT, but had rather limited search features and no OR operation for a long time. In Oct. 2000, it finally started processing OR. In June 2000 it announced a database of over 560 million pages.
Debuting in May 1999, the Norwegian company, Fast Search and Transfer, offered their Fast search engine at www.alltheweb.com running on Dell computers. They plan on using the Inktomi business model which means they should start becoming available at other search engine sites as well. The first hint of their expansion comes in January 2000 with the appearance of their database on the Lycos Pro advanced search.
Yahoo! is one of the best known Internet subject directories.
It can be searched directly or browsed by category.
Ask.com's innovative search technologies deliver fast and relevant information for millions of people every day.
AltaVista is one of the three largest search engines.
It has two search modes: Simple Search and Advanced Search.
There are some significant differences between the two.
WiseNut is a LookSmart search engine.
LookSmart is a leader in commercial search services and a developer of innovative web search solutions.
WiseNut results reach Internet users worldwide through top portals, ISPs, and search services including Lycos, InfoSpace, CNET, and LookSmart.com.
Lycos offers a Web search engine, a subject directories, and several other services. In April 1999, it made its main directory a version of the Open Directory. In terms of general searching, Lycos made significant changes during the summer of 1997, tossing out their old search system for a new one. Then in January 2000, their advanced search switched again to the Fast database. While their regular Lycos search engine uses one of the smaller Web page databases the new advanced search with Fast means that that is searching one of the largest Web page databases.
GO.com is now part of Disney's Go Network portal site. It is in the middle of the size comparisons of Web search engines but has been showing relatively consistent growth. Its reference databases, field searching, follow-up searching, and case-sensitive searching set it apart.
Excite is one of the smaller search engines. But it is very well known, provides sophisticated personalization, offers excellent relevant results for very popular queries, and its News Search provides important access to Web versions of newspapers, magazines, and news wires.
The source for computer and technology.
HotBot has usually been one of the largest of the Web search engines, although in 1999 it has apparently shrunk. It uses the Inktomi database. The basic search screen only shows a few options, but by choosing the Advanced Search Options button, the full range of search features is displayed.
MetaCrawler, One of the best metasearch engine on the Internet.
Allows you to find what you're looking for by simultaneously using
the Internet's leading search engines.
Free online Roget's Thesaurus of English words and phrases.
WebCrawler is a simple engine which has
Search and Channels.
