Jeff Dyke

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Top Search Engines

 

 

 

Meta Search Engines

 

 

Dogpile – Dogpile is a great and easy to use Meta search engine. Dogpile is run by a friendly dog named Alfie, who searches Google, Yahoo, LookSmart, Ask Jeeves, and MSN. You can search the Web, Images, Audio, Video, News, Yellow Pages, and White Pages. Once the results are retrieved, the innovative Meta search technology used by Dogpile removes duplicates and analyzes the results to help ensure the best results top the list. Dogpile also boasts a “comparative view” feature which lets you view the top searches of all the search engines.

http://www.dogpile.com

 

 

WebCrawler – WebCrawler is another great Meta search engine, which combines searches from several of the most popular search engines. WebCrawler searches Google, Yahool, MSN, Ask Jeeves, About, LookSmart, and many more. The WebCrawler site allows you to search for images, audio, video, news, and more. The WebCrawler site is very user friendly and even supplies a tools and tips link to help you get the results you are looking for.

http://www/webcrawler.com/

 

News Search Engines

 

 

CNN – The CNN news site is a very fast and easy to use site. The site contains all the most recent and updated news. You can search the website for both old and new news stories. You can also look for World news, U.S. news, weather, business, politics, law, technology, science and space, health, entertainment, travel, education, special reports and video. This website is very informative and very easy to navigate.

http://www.cnn.com/

 

Yahoo News – This is a very user friendly website and it provides you with all the news you could need. By browsing this site you can look at news as it happens or look up old news stories. The site also provides you with links to check out U.S. news, World news, entertainment, sports, weather, technology, politics, science, health, and comics. The site also has a photos section and a video section where you can watch live feed. This is a very easy to use site and is provided with a great amount of factual information.

http://news.yahoo.com/

 

Travel Search Engines

 

 

Expedia – This website is very user friendly and very easy to use. All travel destinations are easily accessible on the main page and you can book your flight and hotel together. There are many special offers and last minute deals offered as

well. You can save money by booking your flight and hotel together or you can save money by booking early. Of all the travel sites explored Expedia seemed to have the lowest prices.

http://www.expedia.com/

 

Hotels – This website is great if you are looking for a hotel but you are not flying. This website offers great discounts on hotels all over the country. So if you are trying to book a hotel and you are not flying, this is definitely the best site. The site offers reviews of all the hotels plus photos. The prices on this site were much cheaper then the search engines that were explored. 

 

 

General Search Engines

 

 

Yahoo! – Yahoo is definitely my favorite general search engine. For as long as I can remember I have had my home page set to Yahoo. It is extremely easy to use and provides you with everything that you need. I have never had any problems with Yahoo and I have always been able to find everything I need. It is very easy to search and it also provides you with news, weather, health information, photos, and much more.

 

 

Google – I normally always use Yahoo, but if I do use another search engine it is Google. Google is also a very good search engine and it is easy to use. If you need information quickly Google will do the job. Google and Yahoo are both great general search engines that could be used very easily by students in the school setting.

http://www.google.com/

 

Shopping Search Engines

 

 

Bizrate – Bizrate is a great and easy to use shopping search engine. You can find every product you could hope to look for. Bizrate searches for products from the web’s top rated stores. Once you find what you are looking for you can look at product features, read reviews, and compare prices. Bizrate is a good site if you are trying to find the best deal.

http://www/bizrate.com/

 

 

ebay – ebay is a great and easy to use shopping search engine. By using ebay you can look for pretty much anything you can imagine. Ebay is great if you are looking for something and you want to get it cheap. By using ebay you can buy other people’s used items or you can buy items brand new. Either way you can find a great deal and almost always get what you are looking for.

http://www/ebay.com/