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A search engine is a searchable online database of
internet resources. It has several components: search engine software,
spider software, an index (database), and a relevancy algorithm (rules
for ranking).
Search engines are useful to private investigators
because they provide a quick and easy way to retrieve information on a
wide variety of topics. Sometimes, missing persons search case can
be resolved using nothing more than a search engine and a telephone.
Remember to use a variety of search engines as each engine indexes
different websites and has different rules for ranking and sorting their
results.
Following is a list of some of the more popular search engines and
directories on the internet. |
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Top Search Engines |
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Bing |
Bing is a new search engine
from Microsoft that finds and organizes the answers you need so you can
make faster, more informed decisions. |
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Google |
The number one search engine.
Google's utility and ease of use have made it one of the world's best
known brands almost entirely through word of mouth from satisfied users.
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Yahoo |
Founded in 1994 by Stanford
Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang, Yahoo! began as a hobby and
has evolved into a leading global brand that has changed the way people
communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and
create information. Today, led by an executive team that includes CEO
and Chief Yahoo Jerry Yang, President Susan Decker, Chief Financial
Officer Blake Jorgensen, and Co-Founder/Chief Yahoo David Filo, Yahoo!
Inc. has become the world's largest global online network of integrated
services with more than 500 million users worldwide. The company is
headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with a presence in more than 20
markets and regions around the globe. |
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MSN |
Microsoft's MSN Live search
engine. |
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Ask.com |
Ask.com is a leading search
engine on the Web. Millions of people turn to Ask.com to get what they
are looking for online everyday. Founded as Ask Jeeves in 1996 and
renamed Ask.com in February 2005, Ask.com is recognized for innovation
in search technology and search interface design. |
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Other Search Engines |
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All 4 One - Meta Search
Engine |
Search all in one is a meta
search engine providing a simple searching alternative for fast,
accurate and useful results. While other engines provide us 1 to 10 of
100,000,000 results, we believe users do not sift through 100 million
results to find their answer, we provide an ample amount of results to
find the answer you need. In particular it provides much better results
than using a single search engine. All 4 one instantly queries eight
popular search engines through its parallel searching facility, with
matching responses organized by relevancy. |
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AllCrawl |
AllCrawl.com is a meta-search
engine, which means that when you search on AllCrawl, you will receive
the top search results from the leading search engines on the Internet
today at the same time. This method will deliver the most relevant
results in a single search, rather than spending time going to each
individual search engine. AllCrawl queries the leading search engines
including Google, Yahoo, MSN, LookSmart and more! |
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All The Web |
AlltheWeb combines one of the
largest and freshest indices with the most powerful search features that
allow anyone to find anything faster than with any other search engine.
AlltheWeb's index (provided by Yahoo!) includes billions of web pages,
as well as tens of millions of PDF and MS Word® files. Yahoo! frequently
scans the entire web to ensure that our content is fresh and to
eliminate broken links. |
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America Online (AOL) |
Search less and discover more
with AOL Search®. Our product delivers comprehensive web results
enhanced by Google™ along with quick, easy access to relevant videos,
pictures, local maps, news, stock quotes and more. |
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Dogpile |
All the best search engines
piled into one |
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GenieKnows |
GenieKnows.com narrows the
field of organic search results by developing niche-specific portals
tailored for distinct searching communities, and also empowers a broad
distribution network for advertisers by conveying meaningful,
revenue-generating search results. |
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IX Quick |
Ixquick is a metasearch
engine: when you search Ixquick, you are searching many popular search
engines at the same time. Combined, these engines cover more of the
Internet than any one search engine covers.
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Lycos |
Lycos is one of the oldest
(est. 1995) and most widely known Internet brands in the world, evolving
from one of the original search engines on the web, into a comprehensive
network of sites that foster online communities. The Lycos Network
provides web search and navigation, homepage building and
web hosting
services, web-based e-mail, online games and cutting-edge video
platforms. Lycos's award-winning products and services include tools for
blogging, web publishing and hosting, video sharing, social networking,
games, e-mail, and search. |
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Mamma |
Quality Results for Every
Search
We make it easier and faster for people to find information by gathering
the most relevant results from the best search engines on the Internet. |
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Metacrawler |
MetaCrawler uses innovative
metasearch technology to search the Internet's top search engines,
including Google, Yahoo! Search, MSN Search, Ask Jeeves, About, MIVA,
LookSmart and more. With one single click, MetaCrawler searches the best
results from the combined pool of the world's leading search engines --
instead of results from only one single search engine. |
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Northern Light |
Northern Light Search provides
access to business and industry news from thousands of hand-selected
business news sites, leading business publications, industry authority
blogs, regional newspapers, and national news sources. |
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Reference.Com |
Reference.com is a
multi-source encyclopedia search service produced by Lexico Publishing
Group, LLC, a leading provider of language reference products and
services on the Internet. |
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Search Com |
Search.com searches Google,
Ask.com, LookSmart and other leading search engines to bring you the
best results. Search.com metasearch search engine - The only
search you need. |
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WebCrawler |
WebCrawler® brings users the
top search results from Google, Yahoo!, Windows Live, Ask and other
popular search engines. WebCrawler also provides multimedia results,
including images, audio, video, news, and local information. WebCrawler
is a registered trademark of InfoSpace, Inc. |
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