Search Engines

 

General Search Engines:   

 

Google                        http://www.google.com

This is a very popular website for a lot of people. I use it a lot when searching for almost anything that I do not know an address for on the internet. It will link you to anything you need and is very easy to use.

 

Yahoo              http://www.yahoo.com

This is another very common and popular website to search for information. Yahoo is very easy to use and pretty much gives you the ability to find everything possible out there. When on the site you can click the sub topics to narrow your search down even further.

 

Meta-Search Engines:

 

Surfwax           http://www.surfwax.com

This meta-search engine is easy to use.  There are clear and focus options to help narrow your search, get the proper meanings of the key words that have been typed in, and sort information that is wanted.

 

Vivismo           http://www.vivismo.com

This site gives you the ability to choose from many different categories, as well as different internet companies and their prices for their service.

 

News Search Engine:

 

Yahoo              http://www.news.yahoo.com

This news site is easy to use and supplies you with all the news of the day. It also gives you access to many different news sources; as well as archive news stories.

 

AltaVista          http://www.altavista.com

This search engine includes audio and video categories.  There is an option to choose whether you want to search in the U.S. or worldwide and what language you want the results found in to be displayed.

 

Shopping Search Engines:

 

EBay               http://pages.ebay.com/

This is a popular site to find many good items of all varieties. People sell items for all different prices and you may bide on them with a chance to be the top bidder. You may get an item for less than in a store or for more depending on who else bids and how bad they want it.

 

Lycos Shopping          http://shop.lycos.com/

This site offers many different areas to browse in the shopping world. It breaks down the overall world of shopping into specific areas such as antiques, clothes, baby gear, and autos. It is very easy to use.

 

Travel Search Engine:

 

Travigator                  http://www.travigator.com

This website lists all the airlines, hotels, countries, and special areas of interest for the world traveler.  It gives you places all over the world to look at and includes vacation packages and cruises as well.

 

ISleuth                        http://www.isleuth.com/trav.html

This website allows you to plan your trip to any destination of your choice.  There is a directory of companies to choose from and gives you directions, mileage and anything you need to plan a trip.