Search Engines
General
Google
In
my opinion, google is the best general search engine
that is out there. The reason I like it
so much is that it has a massive library that it searches from and it is very
easy to use. I also prefer it because it
is the search engine that is connected with America Online, so in using my AOL
search engine I am really using google.
Yahoo
I
think yahoo is a great general search engine for many reasons. First of all, it also has an enormous library
and it also has easy access to just about every topic you could ever think
of. I particulary
use it for games and maps, but there is definitely a lot more that can be done
with it.
News
MSN
With
it being MSNBC’s official website, you have to expect that it contains every
breaking story that comes out. I also
like that it is fairly easy to use and can search for a variety of different
news stories, whether they are happening now or in the past.
CNN
CNN’s
official website is another great site if you are searching for any news story,
past or present. It’s just as easy to
use as MSNBC’s site, but the appearance isn’t as appealing. I would have to say that it’s only downfall
is that the appearance is kind of dreary and dull, but looking at it purely as
a news search engine it has what you want.
Sports
ESPN
If
you are looking for a story on any sporting event, ESPN is the place to
go. They have the most comprehensive
library of information on any sport from baseball to badminton. The site is very easy to move around in and
use and has just about everything you could ever want.
Sports Illustrated
With
Sports Illustrated being affiliated with CNN, you are definitely going to have
any sporting news story that you could possibly be looking for. It’s also great for searching through history
with a lot of up to date statistics and information. The site is also easy to use and move around
in.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/
Entertainment
E!
If
you are searching for entertainment news, then eonline
is the place to go. They have just about
any information you could ever think of, with it sometimes being scary how much
they know. The site is fairly easy to
search with and it definitely has a great appearance to it.
WENN
This
was an interesting site that I hadn’t ever looked at before, but it provides
you with the ability to search for anything going on anywhere in the
world. They definitely stay up to date
with all the information and it is very easy to search around in.
Vivisimo
I
had never thought of using a Meta Search engine, but in doing work for this class
I found vivisimo very useful. It searches over an incredible amount of
material using some of the best and most well-known search engines out
there. It is also fairly easy to use and
produces fairly good results in an easy to look through setup.
Metacrawler
Metacrawler is another great Meta Search engine that works
very similar to vivisimo. It also has an enormous library of material
using the best search engines out there and it provides the results in an easy
to search through fashion.