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Search Engines and Directories

Search Engines
Directories
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Search Engines

The top search engines according to the Nielsen Net Ratings July 2005 Survey:

Directories

Search directories of pre-selected websites that are organized by subject:

Address Finders

Email Addresses

infospace.com

(First name and state are optional.)
Last:
First:

Nedsite Search Center

WhoWhere? at Lycos

Yahoo! People Search

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Any Who Reverse Lookup

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QwestDex Internet Yellow Pages

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Online Discussions

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Meta-Searches

Search several search engines at the same time:

Dogpile

New or Experimental

New or experimental web-based tools for research:

Kartoo: results in "interactive maps"

Mooter: results by "cluster" in diagrams

Technorati: search blog entries, tags, and links from blogs.

WebBrain.com: "dynamic visual displays" of results