Internet Search

Search engines are the Internet's answer to the yellow pages, directory assistance, and your local library all rolled in to one.

Search engines are tools that allow you to find people, businesses, software, and information. Different search engines specialize in different subject areas, and each has slightly different rules for requesting information. But the general idea is that you can type in a name, or a subject, press search, and get a list of related links in return!

General

Infoseek

Infoseek is a search engine with a lot to offer. Unlike many competing engines, you can do more than search the Web with Infoseek; you can search Usenet newsgroups, look up email addresses, browse through a company directory, search Web FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), and more. Infoseek is also a major player, boasting over 25 million hits per day.

HotBot

HotBot is the Web's ultimate search engine. It is the biggest -- indexing more than 54 million documents. It is the smartest -- offering a range of easy-to-use filter tools that enable you to get the most relevant results. And it is the freshest -- crawling 10 million Web pages each

Dogpile

Dogpile Searches
The Web: Yahoo!, Lycos' A2Z, Excite Guide, Go2.com, WWW Yellow Pages , PlanetSearch, Thunderstone, What U Seek, Magellan, Lycos, WebCrawler, InfoSeek, AltaVista, Excite & HotBot. Usenet: Hotbot News, Reference.com, Dejanews, Altavista and Dejanews' old Database.
FTP: Filez and FTP Search.(Only the first word in your query will be passed on to FTP Search.)
News Wires: Yahoo News Headlines, Excite News and Infoseek NewsWires.

Apollo

Apollo is the leading Web resource for locating products, services or classifieds. This is a high traffic site with links on Netscape and WebTV just to mention some really big names. The Apollo database can be searched from many well known meta search sites which is good news for all our advertisers.

Starting Point

Starting Point is designed to make your daily Web experience more productive. Starting Point helps you manage Web resources by combining a powerful, centralized Web searching tool with quality, subject-oriented Web resources you need every day -- all combined in an easy-to-use, comprehensive, and well organized starting point.

AltaVista

Digital's Alta Vista is a favorite of many. It's extremely powerful, fast, and detailed. One of its best features is the fact that it searches an entire Web site (and Usenet newsgroups) looking for what you want to find; many other search engines cannot do that, concentrating only on Web site titles. It offers simple and advanced searches, and allows the use of wildcards and Boolean searches. Simply put, Alta Vista is robust!

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Yahoo is a topical directory, technically not a search engine. This means that, rather than arbitrarily searching the Web for sites, they list sites which have been submitted to them for approval from netizens. Thus, you'll typically find the referencing system reliable for finding high quality sites. As Yahoo takes the form of a hierarchical index, you'll find it fun and easy to "surf" the Net with Yahoo!

Lycos

Lycos is probably the oldest major search engine and has long been viewed as fast and reliable. It offers keyword and subject searching, is customizable in its searching options, and actually offers a rating system (called "Point") for Web sites.

Business Listings

BigBook

BigBook is a San Francisco-based company offering free access to the 16 million U.S. businesses indexed in their database. Among the really unique features BigBook offers is a personalized address book, detailed maps which allow for zooming capabilities, and -- this is very cool -- 3-D representations of major cities, allowing visitors to explore specific city sections, search individual buildings, generate business listings for specific streets, and even "enjoy" advertisements on circulating blimps.

Classified Ads

Classifieds2000

Classifieds2000 offers extensive search capabilities in their database of automotive, computer and general merchandise (stereo/video, furnishings, sporting goods, etc.) classified ads, including prices, models and mileage.

Software Search

Download.com

DOWNLOAD.COM offers quick and easy access to the top free-to-download software titles available over the Internet. Visit DOWNLOAD.COM to download today's most popular titles -- including must-have utilities, the hottest games, and the latest browsers. The site also features highlights and product descriptions to help you make the right decision about what software to download.