Search Engines

 [Alta.Vista] - [Infoseek Ultra] - [Deja.News] - [Lycos] - [Excite] - [MetaCrawler] - [HotBot] - [Open.Text] - [WebCrawler] - [Yahoo!] - [Magellan] - [Savvy.Search] - [All4One] - [Road.Maps] - [MacUser.Software.Central] - [FTP.Search] - [Shareware.com.Software.Repository] - [WinSite.Software.Repository] - [Guide.to.Computer.Vendors] - [Microsoft.Site.Search. Engine] - [Internet.Phone Book-Personals] - [Internet.Phone Book-Businesses] - [E-Mail.Addresses] - [Search.for.Newsgroups]
Alta Vista
  • link:http://foo.bar.com/ to search for links to a URL
  • url:http://foo.bar.com/ to search for pages in a URL
  • from:, subject:, and newsgroups: restrictions can be used in usenet searches.
  • Put a +plus sign in front of words that must be in the results.
  • Put a -minus sign in front of words that must not be in the results.
  • Enclose words "in quotes" to treat them like a phrase
  • Asterisk: Use h*e to search for home and house for instance.
  • Sample: "blue star" +lsd +tattoo -bodyart

Search and Display the Results

Infoseek                                            Back to Top
Infoseek Ultrasmart
Type a specific question, phrase or Name.

  Tips        
Infoseek Ultraseek
Type a specific question, phrase or Name.

  Tips
Ultraseek offers the speed, accuracy and comprehensiveness of Ultrasmart, only it does not include extras like news and related topics. If it's pure results you want, try Ultraseek.

Ultrasmart is the choice for the searcher who wants more than just results. In addition to sites from the largest directory on the Web, Ultrasmart also provides topics that are relevant to your query. Infoseek also serves up related news stories under News Center, on the left side of the page. Under Smart Info, also on the left-hand side, there are a series of helpful tools like People Finder, Company Profiles , and Maps--among others.

In Ultrasmart, you can also choose to browse a directory topic that interests you on the home page instead of searching. Pick a topic on the home page--say "Music"--and click on that. The next page will show more music sub-topics to choose from, creating a pathway to whatever interests you.

Lycos                                            Back to Top
  • Use AND and/or OR

Search Options:
Display Options:
Excite                                            Back to Top
  • Search terms treated as a "fuzzy AND" -- an OR with priority to ANDs.
  • Use a + sign in front of a word to require that word in the search results.
  • Use a - sign in front of a word to forbid that word in the search results.
  • Use AND, OR, NOT, AND NOT, and parentheses to restrict the search.
Enter words describing a concept or keywords:
Search: Web Pages Usenet Classifieds Reviews
Open Text Index                                            Back to Top
Search for within
within
within
WebCrawler                                            Back to Top
  • Use AND, OR and NOT operators.
  • Use (parenthesis) to remove ambiguity from search operators (e.g. McKenna AND (Dennis OR Terence)).
  • Use NEAR/# to find two keywords within a certain number of words of each other (e.g. lsd NEAR/20 tattoo or alkaloid NEAR/25 extraction)
  • Use ADJ to find keywords that appear together in a specific order (e.g. Microsoft ADJ Explorer)
  • Use "quotes" to denote a phrase (e.g. "self-transforming machine elves").

Showing for rexults.
Yahoo!                                            Back to Top
  • The yellow pages of the web.

Search finding
treating keys as and returning matches.
SavvySearch                                            Back to Top
Queries many search engines simultaneously, picking the most useful.


Web Indexes
Alta Vista, Excite, InfoSeek, Inktomi, Lycos, Open Text, WebCrawler, [ HotBot ]
Web Directories
Magellan, Aliweb, Galaxy, Point Search, Tribal Voice, Yahoo, Yellow Pages, LinkStar, [ Excite Reviews ]
Usenet News
Deja News, Alta Vista News, InReference, [ Excite News ]
Software
FTPSearch95, shareware.com, [ ZDNet Software, Jumbo ]
People
OKRA, WhoWhere?, LookUP!-Four11, [ Switchboard, Usenet Addresses Service ]
Reference
Webster's Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Acronyms and Abbreviations
Toll Free Directory
Entertainment
Internet Movie Database,
Pathfinder
Technical Reports
CSTR,
[ Harvest Tech Reports ]


Search for documents containing
Retrieve results from each search engine.
Display results in [ Brief Normal Verbose ] format.
Integrate results.

[ English | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Português | Español | Nederlands | Norsk | Hangul | Russian | Suomi | Esperanto | Svenska | Nihongo | Dansk | Slovensky | Türkçe | Cesky | ˜‡¿Žœ | Slovensko | Hrvatski | Magyar | Polski ]


HotBot                                            Back to Top
 for 

Return results with
Tip: To narrow your query, use more search terms.
MetaCrawler                                            Back to Top
  • Use (parenthesis) to mark a collection of words as a phrase where the words must appear relatively close together.
  • Put a +plus sign in front of words that must be in the results.
  • Put a -minus sign in front of words that must not be in the results.

as a Phrase, All of these words, Any of these words.
Search Region: Search Sites:
Max wait: minutes Max type:
FTP search v3.3                                            Back to Top

Searching parameters

Search for

Search type: Try exact hits first
Max hits: Max matches: Max hits/match:
Limit to domain: Limit to path:

Formatting Parameters

Output fields:

Per-host header: nothing just host Host and country
Sort by: nothing (unsorted) Host and path Date, host and path
Truncate hostnames (longer than characters.)
Fancy display (uses HTML3 tables and graphics).
Deja News                                            Back to Top
  • Search usenet news (e.g. rec.games.mac)

Search options:

Keywords matched: All Any
Usenet database: Current Old
Number of hits per page: 30 60 120
Hitlist detail: Concise Detailed
Hitlist format: Listed Threaded
Sort by (per page): Score Newsgroup Date Author
Article date bias: Prefer new Prefer old
Article date weight: Some Great None
Guide to Computer Vendors                                            Back to Top
  • Great listing of hardware and software vendors websites
Magellan                                            Back to Top
  • Rates and reviews sites according to content and presentation.
Road Maps                                            Back to Top
For any two addresses in the United States, you can generate clear and concise driving/walking directions complete with a map to guide you.
Enter a street address or the names of two intersecting streets (separated by an "&") and the city, state or zip code for the origin and destination of your trip. Please note that directions are limited to a radius of approximately 100 miles.
For a single destination, you can generate a map of any part of the United States.
Road map from Point A to Point B.
Point A Address
City, State or Zip
Point B Address
City, State or Zip
Route Optimized For
Display maneuver maps
Generate a map by entering the street address or the names of two intersecting streets (separated by an "&") and the city, state or zip code.
Map this Address.
Address
City, State or Zip


MacUser Software Central                                            Back to Top
Quick search for:

Shareware.com Repository                                            Back to Top


Windows WinSite Software Repository                                            Back to Top
In the space below, enter one or two keywords, or a filename, such as 'viper' or 'coolgame.zip'. Use the options to broaden or narrow the search. Click the Search! button when you are done.

Query:

Options:
Case Sensitive: Match Substrings:
Platforms:

Microsoft Site Search Engine                                            Back to Top
  • Look for words with the same prefix.
    Example-- type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.

  • Search for all forms of a word.
    Example-- type sink** to find sink, sinking, sank, and sunk.

  • Search with the keyword NEAR, rather than AND, for words close to each other.
    Example-- type system AND manager or system NEAR manager, to look for the words system and manager on the same page.

    But with NEAR, the returned pages are ranked in order of proximity: The closer together the words are, the higher the rank of that page.

  • Put quotation marks around keywords if you want Index Server to take them literally.
    Example-- "system near manager"

  • Refine your queries with the AND NOT keywords to exclude certain text
    Example-- type surfing AND NOT the Net, to find all instances of surfing but not surfing the Net.

    You can Search information on the Microsoft site using this two-step process.

 1. Search For These Words:

      

 2. Search words in area:

     

    
Switchboard: Find a Person- Internet Phone Book            Back to Top

Find a Person

Enter the last name and any other information you know.
Last Name
First Name
City
 State
   

Switchboard: Find a Business- Internet Phone Book            Back to Top

Find a Business

To find a business, enter its name. The other fields are optional.
Business
Name
City
 State
    
 
  • If you enter a city, you must enter a state.
  • You can enter a state without entering a city.
Search for NewsGroups                                            Back to Top
Search String Type: Case Sensitive Search

Fields to Search:
Group Titles Short Description Long Description
FAQ: Subjects FAQ: Authors FAQ: Summarys
Moderators

Search For:

and or not

and or not

Output Format:

Basic
The group's name and its short description with a way to jump to group's data.
Advanced
Same as above but with a way to jump to any of the heritages of the group and a way to jump to the group directly.
Group Jump
Same as Basic but instead of jumping to the group's data you jump to the group directly. It does however provide a way to see the group's data.

This is NOT a keyword search. Each line is treated as a complete string. To look for multiple keywords put each word on a separate line and choose "or" as the combiner. If you wish to use wildcards please be sure "Standard Wildcards" is selected.

Looking for Email Addresses?                                            Back to Top
Person's Name: in any order

Information about this person:
city, state, country, company, or email provider.
HINT - use this box only to narrow your search

all matches only exact matches


All4One                                            Back to Top
Search the web using four indexes simultaneously, viewing the results on a single page.

Remember: The first time is the slowest.
If this is your first time using all4one, it will take a while to load all of the graphics for the four search engines. If you wait, later searches will be much faster, since the graphics are in your cache.

Input some search words: To get more matches, DON'T use capital letters in your search.



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