Search Engines
Looking
for the best General, Children’s, Metasearch, Education and Media Search
Engines? These are the best ones I’ve
discovered…
GENERAL SEARCH ENGINES
Google http://www.google.com
This search engine is one of
the largest and quickest search engines around.
There are always multiple websites listed for virtually any topic. The best feature is that you can “search
within your search” to narrow down the number of websites you are given and
this saves time.
AllTheWeb http://www.alltheweb.com
This search engine is also a
helpful site for searching the web. A
unique feature of this search engine is that it also lists other categories to
search such as: news, pictures, videos, and FTP files.
CHILDREN’S SEARCH ENGINES
Yahooligans http://www.yahooligans.com
This search engine is
basically the kids version of the yahoo search engine. There are games that kids can play, subject
categories for kids to search, and entertainment categories as well. In some elementary schools, this website can
be used by the students as reference when doing certain projects.
Ask Jeeves for Kids http://www.ajkids.com
This search engine allows
kids to ask “jeeves” questions and he will provide the website answers for
them. There are various subject areas to
choose from. A good note for parents –
there are no chat rooms at this site.
METASEARCH ENGINES
SurfWax http://www.surfwax.com
This metasearch engine is
easy to use. There are clear and focus
options to help you narrow your search, get the proper meanings of the key
words you have typed in, and sort your information.
Search.com http://www.search.com
This search engine is useful
in that it lists what search engines were used to find the websites on the
topic. When the research by topic option
is chosen a list of categories appear, this can help for faster searching of
the web.
EDUCATION SEARCH ENGINES
Education World http://www.education-world.com
This is a great search
engine for educators. There are multiple
areas to search including: lesson plans, school issues, and various subjects.
Here you have the ability to read and respond to other educators and
administrators about topics.
SearchEdu.com http://www.searchedu.com
This search engine is useful
for educators in that there is a feature where the user can choose what site
they want to use for their search. There
is also a list of reference links for further information.
MULTIMEDIA SEARCH ENGINES
AltaVista http://www.altavista.com
This search engine includes
audio and video categories as well as MP3 disks. There is an option to choose whether you want
to search in the
Lycos Pictures and Sounds http://www.multimedia.lycos.com
This search engine allows
you to search for audio and video clips as well as music and movie
information. There are even games to play
and news about your favorite celebs.