GOOGLE (google.com) (http://www.google.com/):

The most comprehensive and easy to use. Google provides access to billions of web pages. Google uses PageRank which depends upon the incoming links to the websites and the pages linking to the sites. Searchers can perform general searches or search within many subcategories to narrow the results. Within the many subcategories, Google search tries to anticipate users’ queries, ranging from airline arrivals to population statistics in Alaska to easily provide answers to searchers questions. Google also provides a wide range of products such as gmail, igoogle, and google maps to enhance the users’ experience.

Yahoo! (yahoo.com)( http://www.yahoo.com/ ):

A very user friendly site which allows individuals to personalize their pages to include relevant information, such as local weather, travel deals, sports teams and local news. Yahoo also offers broad general searching and more specialized subcategory searches. While not as large as google, Yahoo’s search engine captures the full text of web page, while Google indexes only a small portion. Yahoo is certainly a search engine worth browsing.

Bing (Bing.com) ( http://www.bing.com/):

Bing replaces Microsoft’s Live search. Bing uses RankNet which essentially learns from the user’s actions, i.e. what the individual clicks on. Bing claims to contain, “superfresh,” data because of its use of the search engine data. Bing also provides a document “preview,” which purports to cut down on wasted trips to unintended websites.

KidsClick (KidsClick.org) (http://www.kidsclick.org/)

This search engine is owned and run by the School of Library and Information Science at Kent State University. It is a wonderful search engine developed by librarians to direct children to educational and age-appropriate websites. Individuals can search more than 600 subjects and find information, pictures, video and sound.

Yahoo!Kids (Yahoo! Kids.com) http://kids.yahoo.com/ This is a fun, bright, interactive search engine for kids. Each site referenced has been vetted by an experienced educator to ensure that it is appropriate for kids aged 7 to 12. Their goal is to be every kids’ web surfing site.

American Library Association (ALA Websites for Kids) (http://www.ala.org/greatsites)

An informative, easy to use search engine that contains links to websites on authors and subjects which correlate to the dewey headings. All content selected and reviewed by the ALA. There are many great links for kids, parents and teachers.

The Internet Public Library /Librarians Internet Index (The Internet Public Library) (http://www.ipl.org/)

(Internet Public Library: Kids Space) The Internet Public library is a public service organization that was founded at the University of Michigan school of information. This group will merge with the Librarian Internet Index in 2010. This is another searchable database that contains reviewed, educational and safe links for kids. Not as flashy as some of the other search engines, but still user friendly and helpful.

Kayak.com (Kayak.com) (http://www.kayak.com/)

Kayak is the most comprehensive travel search engine. Unlike other travel search engines which only search their own databases, Kayak searches airline websites, travel agency websites and other travel sites.

Tripadvisor.com ( Tripadvisor.com) (http://www.tripadvisor.com/).Tripadvisor contains over a million reviews written by consumers. It is a great resource for information about vacations, hotels and consumers’ personal experiences.

Legal Information Institute (Legal Information Institute) (http://www.law.cornell.edu/)

The LII is an extremely comprehensive and easy to navigate search engine. It contains information about U.S. and International law and provides access to U.S. code, court opinions and is searchable by topic and jurisdiction—all for free.

FindLaw (Findlaw.com) (http://www.findlaw.com/) A very comprehensive search engine where individuals can pose questions, search topics or find a lawyer. The website is well-organized by particular areas of the law.