Brandy Burns
SLM 521
Search
Engines
THE
BEST SEARCH ENGINES OUT THERE!
After perusing several sites in each
category, the best search engines are being declared in the categories of
general, travel, news, medicine, and shopping.
These are the ones that are the most
useful, innovative, and straightforward.
Keep reading to discover the
frontrunners!
GENERAL
Google
is a simple general search engine that has several avenues. It allows users to search through a gamut of
categories and is very easy to use. It
gives the option for an advanced search, as well as an option for a preferences
page. It's simple and straightforward
for even those considered "internet illiterate." www.google.com
Yahoo
is a simple general search engine that has several avenues for the user to
search. On the home page there are
numerous obvious options from which to choose for a search. Yahoo has options
for preferences and advanced searches. www.yahoo.com
WebCrawler is a huge search engine that uses information from other search
engines to find the best results for the user.
It is very simple to use. In a
short period of time, a tremendous amount of information can be acquired. www.webcrawler.com
DogPile searches several other sites for the user so only one site must
be visited. The site offers tutorials on
how to appropriately use a search engine.
Helpful related searches are offered as well. www.dogpile.com
Duck Duck Go is easy to use and navigate.
Search terms are defined as one continues searching so a topic may be
narrowed further into categories. This
is a useful tool for children learning the internet. www.duckduckgo.com
NEWS
Silobreaker is a great news search engine that is unique from the others. While it shows all the current headlines, it
allows the user to view the summary of the story when scrolling over it. Also while scrolling over it, the site
automatically produces a list of related past stories so that the user can
track the story. It also has a feature
to create a personalized page with preferred sources and topics. www.silobreaker.com
Google News is a popular news search
engine stemming from the popular search engine, Google. It allows the user to easily search for news
topics, and retrieves a vast amount of information. Google News also features archived
searches. The search engine also allows
the user to make a personalized news page, showing only those topics and
sources desired. http://news.google.com/news
MEDICAL
WebMD
is a popular medical search engine. With
an easy to remember name, it draws millions of users. The site has thorough information with a vast
amount of topics. The site also shows
current medical news and links to stories and information about the conditions
as well as what is happening with it.
Health, wellness, and nutrition are also covered on this site. WebMD
provides the user with current FDA recommendations as well. www.webmd.com
HealthLine is a very straightforward medical search engine. It provides a place to search for ailments
under symptom or condition, as well as helps one find a local doctor. HealthLine provides health, wellness and nutritional
information, as well as provides a Body Mass Index calculator. HealthLine shows a list of popular searches
as well. www.healthline.com
TRAVEL
Travelocity is as thorough as a travel search engine can get. It is very straightforward. It searches for the best deal for vacations,
flights, rental cars, cruises, hotels, and other helpful things to make a
getaway great. Travelocity searches many
different companies and resorts to seek the best deal so that the user may then
choose her favorite. It searches on many
different criteria, depending on where and when and what the user is trying to
do. The ExperienceFinder is a way to map
out neat things to do in a specific area, so that on vacation none of the
hotspots will go unseen by a Travelocity traveler. www.travelocity.com
Second
Place is a two-way
tie:
Hotels.com has searches for hotels, flights, and cars, as well as a unique
feature to search under a theme as well as bed and breakfast and condo
rentals. Relax and rejuvenate searches
for spas and romance searches for special places geared especially towards that
theme. The site is very straightforward
and easy to use. www.hotels.com
Kayak.com allows the user to search immediately for the best deal for
cars, hotels, vacations, and choose other sites to compare. Kayak allows the user to choose from their
site or choose a deal it found on another site.
www.kayak.com
SHOPPING
PriceGrabber.com is a shopping search engine that immediately shows the user the
most popular searches. It narrows down
searches by category. A whole section is
available on green products. Pricegrabber
also features an entire coupon section for online shopping, where the code is
indicated to enter when the user checks out at that specific site. The coupons change, so it is good to go on
the site frequently, but a coupon section is unique. www.pricegrabber.com
Google Product Search, formerly known as Froogle, is a basic search engine
that lets the user just type in what they want and searches the internet for
it. A wish list can be created and then
viewed by others over the internet and by any computer, or so that the creator
of the list can keep track of what's been purchased. In the advanced search portion, the search
can be narrowed even by the price range for the product. http://froogle.google.com