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Google Google delivers the most relevant search results. Google returns relevant results because it responds to your query using an automated method that ranks relevant websites based on the link structure of the Internet itself. The overwhelming amount of information of the web requires an excellent search service to render that information accessible and useful. Without a powerful search tool, finding a specific website can be as difficult as finding a book in a library that has no card catalogue and a completely random method of storing its books. Google is designed to impose order on information chaos. It's what a search service should be; not an edited, limited directory or a list of results that have been auctioned to the highest bidder, but a thoughtful method of organizing the Internet according to its own structure. Google has revolutionized searching on the web with its patent-pending PageRankTM technology. PageRank leverages the structural nature of the web, which is defined by the way in which any web page can link to any other web page, instantly, directly, and without an intermediary. In a sense, this link structure automatically democratizes the Internet. It eliminates hierarchy and enables information and ideas to flow unimpeded from site to site. PageRank capitalizes on the uniquely democratic characteristic of the web by using its vast link structure as an organizational tool. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. Google assesses a page's importance by the votes it receives. But Google looks at more than sheer volume of votes, or links; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to make other pages "important." These important, high-quality results receive a higher PageRank and will be ordered higher in results. In this way, PageRank is Google's general indicator of importance and does not depend on a specific query. Rather, it is a characteristic of a page itself based on data from the web that Google analyzes using complex algorithms that assess link structure. Of course, important pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So, Google uses sophisticated text-matching techniques to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search. For instance, when Google analyzes a page, it looks at what those pages linking to that page have to say about it. Google's complex, automated search methods preclude human interference. Unlike other search engines, Google is structured so no one can purchase a higher PageRank or commercially alter results. A Google search is an honest and objective way to find high-quality websites, easily. Unlike many other search engines, Google only produces results that match all of your search terms, either in the text of the page or in the link anchors pointing to the page. No more frustration with results that have nothing to do with your search terms. Not only do Google's results contain all of your search terms, but Google also analyzes the proximity of those terms within a page. Unlike many other search engines, Google prioritizes results according to the proximity of search terms. We favor results with your search terms in close proximity, so you spend less time sifting through irrelevant results. Instead of web page summaries that never change, Google excerpts the text that matches your query -- with your search terms highlighted -- right in the search results. This customization saves you the time and frustration of loading an irrelevant web page. Dogpile Very comprehensive Searchtool that gives you a lot of control how it searches using a Metasearch technique. Dogpile searches three search engines at a time. The requests are made in parallel and are displayed as they come back. If it does not get at least 10 documents matching your query, it will automatically move to the next three and so on until all are searched or until 10 matches are found. If Dogpile does find 10 or more matches you still can go to the next set of search engines by pressing on the "Next Set of Search Engines" button at the bottom of the page. Since it automatically fetches more documents from larger databases when less than ten are found, you can put in as much or as little detail about what it is you want to find and not be disappointed with too few matches. Dogpile make it easy to follow up on the query sent to each search engine. The query sent to the search engine is printed and linked to the page generating the results. In addition, if the search engine finds more than the maximum displayable matches (i.e., 10), a link to the next 10 should also be present, (where supported). Excite Middle of the road engine using classic technologies. Sometimes good results on more commercial topics. In general, the more specific you are, the better your results will be. A search for "ford explorer" will produce better results than a search for "cars". Try searching for an exact phrase by encloseing the phrase in quotation markes, i.e. "better business bureau".Ê Using the quotation marks tells the search engine to find those words, inÊ sequence. Use specific words as opposed to general ones. For example, a search for "Lamborghini" will return more targeted results than a search for "sports cars." Webcrawler WebCrawler supports "natural language searching" so that users can type their searches in plain English without worrying about mastering complex search syntax. Although if you do happen to be a master of complex search syntax, you'll be happy to know that WebCrawler also supports a wide range of Boolean search operators. To use WebCrawler's Search Feature, you just need to be able to describe what you're looking for with a series of words or a phrase, and then click the "Search" button. When you type in a series of search terms, WebCrawler is programmed to find results that match any or all of those words. However, WebCrawler assumes that you're most interested in results that contain all of the words you entered and gives those documents a higher relevance score so they appear at the top of the list. Because the default search method is to find any or all of the terms, WebCrawler also returns pointers to pages that contain some of the words. For example, the search NASA space shuttle program will produce pointers near the top of the results list that contain all of those words but will also include results that contain references only to NASA or space or shuttle or program. Yahoo Good for corporate mainstream searches like company webpages. Don«t use it to find anything else. Try Northernlight or Google for better results. Ebay Search the world's first, biggest and best person-to-person online trading community. eBay is your place to find the stuff you want, to sell the stuff you have and to make a few friends while you're at it! Think of eBay as a giant marketplace, right at your fingertips. Looking for a vintage Barbie¨ or a faster modem? How about a leather jacketÑand a Harley¨ to go with it? Whatever you need, odds are you'll find it at eBay: there are over 2,000 categories and more than 2.5 million auctions a day. Amazon Great service. Good prices Books DVD's CD's Domainnames Searches the Domainsurfer database. Helpful if you are not shure how to spell a domain name. Discogs Great resource to find obscure releases. This is the mekka of electronic music online.