Search Tools

Search Engines: “A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.”
(www.pcwebopedia.com/TERM/s/search_engine.html)

Search Directories: “In a search directory, people submit their sites, which are, in turn, reviewed by human editors. If the editor deems that the site is acceptable for inclusion based on a set of criteria, the editor adds it to the directory.”
(www.looksharpdesigns.com/faqs/faq_difference.htm)

Meta-search Engines: “Submit keywords and it transmits your search simultaneously to several individual search engines and their databases of web pages.”
(http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/MetaSearch.html)

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