Internet Search Sites
| Below you will find links to some of the best search tools
for World Wide Web resources. These tools tend to fall into two categories:
"mega-lists" -- which organize Web resources by subject categories -- and the
true "search engines" -- which generate "hot" lists "on the
fly" in response to keyword searches. More and more, many Web search sites are
merging "mega-lists" and search engines. |
| Ouch! This is the hottest Web search tool around. Built
around the Digital Corporation's super-fast "alpha" chip processors, AltaVista
simply outperforms all the competition. AltaVista also provides excellent overviews of the
pages it searches. |
| C-Net's "Search.Com" offers an "in your
face" interface to a powerful search engine and subject category lists.
"Search.Com" seems to index some Web resources the other search tools do not. |
| Excite!'s "NetDirectory" challenges the dominance
of Yahoo as the preeminent Web "mega-list." At the same time, its
"NetSearch" rivals the best search engines. |
| InfoSeek is a lot like C-Net's "Search.Com." Both
provide wide-ranging "mega-lists" of Web sites by subject area as well as
powerful search tools. |
| Lycos offers a very fast search engine which is especially
useful for students and instructors. If you are writing a term paper, Lycos provides
access to a wide range of research materials and offers helpful introductions of the pages
it searches. |
| The "granddaddy of 'em all." Yahoo was one of the
earliest "mega-lists" of Web resources and it has aged well. Yahoo now provides
a fast search engine for its list categories. |
| Looking for someone's address or phone number? You can find
it at Yahoo's "People Search." Electronic mail addresses and Web home pages are
also available. |
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