Best
Search Engines
Below are the
search engines I found to be the most helpful for finding
information.
General Search
Engines
Google
This is the search
engine I use most frequently and by far the best site I have found. The page is clean and easy to read
without any distracting clip art or ads.
Yahoo
Since my e-mail
account is set up in Yahoo, I tend to use this site often, although less often
than Google. This site is easy to use and fairly
organized.
News Search
Engines
Google News
Like Google, the Google News search
engine is easy to use. You are able
to enter a keyword and browse categories.
The site’s main page opens with top news stories, with blurbs and links
to click on for the entire story.
The main page is also broken down into categories including World and US
News, entertainment, business and sports, to name a few.
http://news.google.com/
Alta Vista
News
This site allows
you to run a keyword search for news and supplies content from major news
partners like the New York Times and The Washington Post. The site also offers drop-down options
under the search box, which makes it easy to narrow results by news topic.
http://news.altavista.com/
Kid Safe Search
Engines
Ask
Jeeves
for Kids
Ask
Jeeves For Kids
is
a kid safe search engine where you can type in a question and Jeeves will try to find the best web page to answer the
question. It also provides links to
study tools, fun and games and news resources. At Ask Jeeves
for Kids, any site that is on the CyberPatrol block
should not be listed.
http://www.ajkids.com/
Yahooligans
Yahooligans is designed to be the website
for kids; it is set up to resemble Yahoo.
The site is both educational and fun. Links include games, music, TV, science,
astrology and animals. Unlike
Yahoo, this site does not bring back any match on the web, it only matches sites from within Yahooligans.
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Dogpile
Dogpile is a metasearch site that
displays results from each search engine individually. You can click on a specific category,
such as web pages or news and type in what you’re looking for; the site then
displays all sites in the category.
http://www.dogpile.com
Vivisimo
Vivisimo is another great metasearch site.
Simply type in the search word or term and Vivisimo will display matching sites organized in Clustered
Results. Very organized and easy to
use!
http://vivisimo.com/
Shopping Search Engines
Froogle
Another
great search engine from Google! This site is great because it’s a
comparison search engine (great for bargain shoppers!) Products are listed in general
categories and then broken down into more specific categories. There’s a lot of clicking involved, but
overall, easy (and fun) to use!
http://www.froogle.com
BizRate
This site allows you to search for
products from online vendors.
Products are broken down into general departments (more choices than
Froogle) and then more specific choices. You can use BizRate to compare prices, product reviews and store
ratings to always get the best deal.
http://www.bizrate.com/