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Not all search engines work the same. Some are particular well equipped to do a certain task.

About.com will give expert views of the best websites per subject.

AltaVista has the largest database. It will let you even do searches by a certain date and in a certain language (Advanced Search)

Ask Jeeves give answers to plain English questions.

Ditto.com works best for finding graphics

Excite works best with information about sports, activities or weather per city

HotBot will give the "Top 10 most visited sites" on your topic.

Google ranks websites by the amount of other websites linked to it.

Ah-Ha.com has build-in filters that prevent entry to inappropriate sites. Safe for kids.

Ilor.com actually accumulates you data and keeps a list of websites you are interested in. Great for references and research.

Meta Search engines.

Dogpile is a Meta-search engine. It will find the best sites from all the other engines combined. Try to be very specific and some engine will find your answer.

 

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