Best Search Engines

 

 

 

By Cheryl Booker

 

Here is a list of my choices of “Best Search Engines”.  I have listed 5 categories of search engines and the 2 “best” search engine sites in each category.

 

 

General Search Engines

 

Ø      Goggle – Goggle is one of the largest and most popular search engines.  It is comprehensive, fast, well organized and easy to use.  http://www.google.com/

Ø      Yahoo – This search engine provides category links and has a large directory database. It is another popular search engine that is quick and thorough. http://www.yahoo.com/

 

 

Meta Search Engines

 

Ø      DogPile – A huge variety of features, several categories, including the web, images, shopping, multimedia, news and more.  Extremely fast and easy to use.  http://www.dogpile.com/

Ø      Ixquick – Searches all the major search engines.  Finds sites that are universally ranked in the top ten.  Do your search in 4 categories, web, MP3, news, pictures.  A very fast meta search engine.  http://www.ixquick.com

 

 

Children’s Search Engines

 

Ø      Yahooligans – Kid friendly and colorful.  Provides an endless variety of kid safe links to many categories such as, games, animals, music, jokes, news, science, book club, movies, and a whole lot more.  The oldest major directory for children.  http://www.yahooligans.com/

Ø      Ask Jeeves Kids – This search engine allows children to ask “Jeeves” questions and he will provide the website answers for them.  It has various subject areas to choose from and study tools.  http://ajkids.com/

 

 

Shopping Search Engines

 

Ø      mySimon – If you love to shop this is the site!  You can compare products, prices and stores and find the best prices for whatever you are shopping for.  Winner of “Forbes Favorite” and “Best Internet Shopping Service”.  http://www.mysimon.com/

Ø      BizRate – This site has over 1500 customer rated stores.  The site offers comparison pricing, store coupons and rebates.  http://bizrate.com/

 

 

Travel Search Engines

 

Ø      Orbitz – Book your travel in one place!  This site offers low fares on airfare, rental cars, cruises, hotels, vacation packages and other travel related products.  http://www.orbitz.com/

Ø      Travelocity – Another popular travel search engine!  This site has great offers with low fares on air, hotel, vacations, cruises and last minute deals, you can even find good rates if you want to travel by rail.  http://travelocity.com/