Directories
A web directory or link directory is a listing of sites on the
World Wide Web. You can browse the lists by subject and the links
are usually reviewed for quality and listed with brief descriptions.
 Open
Directory Project - Also known as dmoz, ODP is constructed and
maintained by volunteers.
Yahoo! - A portal, search engine,
and directoy in one, Yahoo! is one of the most visited websites
on the Internet.
Best of the Web Directory - Offers
content rich and well designed web sites.
Starting Point Directory
- A human edited general web directory .
World Wide Web Virtual Library -
A directory of e-texts and information sources on the web edited
by volunteers.
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Search Engines
Web search engines are interfaces which allow you to search for
information on the World Wide Web. You can easily search many websites
with a keyword search.
Google - The largest search
engine on the web; the algorithm is based on link popularity.
Yahoo! - A portal, search engine,
and directoy in one, Yahoo! is one of the most visited websites
on the Internet.
MSN Live Search - Choose search
results for web, news, images, music, and more.
Ask.com - Search by asking a question
rather than keyword.
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Web Portals
Web portals are like a one-stop shop for websites. A portal will
commonly feature a search engine, news, weather, shopping, online
communities, and webmail all in one place.
About.com - One of the largest
producers of original content on the Web.
Yahoo! - A portal, search engine,
and directoy in one, Yahoo! is one of the most visited websites
on the Internet.
MSN - A popular portal for news
and entertainment.
Netvibes - A multi-lingual
portal with a completely customizable start page.
iGoogle - A customizable portal
with popular features.
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Meta Search Engines
A meta-search engine sends search requests to several other search
engines and/or databases and returns the results from each one.
You can get a lot of results from just one search.
PolyMeta - Shows the number
of results from each search engine and organizes them by relevance
and category.
DogPile - Fetches results
from Google, Yahoo!, Live Search, Ask.com, About.com, MIVA, LookSmart,
and other popular search engines.
MetaCrawler - Blends the
top web search results from Google, Yahoo!, Live Search and more.
My Web Search - A simple
interface allows you to compare results from Ask.com, Google, and
Yahoo!
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