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My article about the Open Directory Project
Live Keyword Search -- see
what keywords are being searched at this exact instant in time
Advanced Search -- uses "and" /
"or" logic, filters based on domain names, etc.
Portal -- a "content aggregator" who tries to be
all things to all people
Basic / Category search -- simple keywords or
point-and-click searching
People -- find email addresses or phone numbers
Photos -- photos and clip art
Kids' Search -- oriented towards the younger set
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http://www.kanoodle.com/livesearch.cool
http://watch.galaxy.com
 Altavista
offers basic search, advanced search, as well as specialized searches for
images, mp3/audio, and video. |
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 Cnet
publishes news.com. |
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 AOL,
now part of Time/Warner, is one of the leading "tier one" search
portals, using the Open Directory as its
database of web sites. |
 Yahoo
is a leading "tier one" search portal. |
| Excite
is another "tier two" search portal. |
| And
Lycos rounds out the top five search portals. |
 Ask Jeeves uses revolutionary new search
software that not only understands plain English but also helps step you through the
search process. |
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 "Snap!"
is a joint venture of NBC and CNET. |
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 About.com,
which used to be known as "The Mining Company" |
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| The WWW Virtual Library | The VL is the oldest catalog of the web, started by Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of
the web itself. Unlike commercial catalogs, it is run by a loose confederation of
volunteers, who compile pages of key links for particular areas in which they are expert;
even though it isn't the biggest index of the web, the VL pages are widely recognised as
being amongst the highest-quality guides to particular sections of the web. (Mirrors: vlib.org (CH), East Anglia (UK).) |
| ALIWEB | The way ALIWEB works is as follows: 1. People write descriptions of their services in a standard format into a file on the Web, by hand or using automatic tools. 2. They then tell ALIWEB about this file. 3. ALIWEB regularly retrieves all these files, and combines them into a searchable database. 4. Anybody can come and search this database from the Web. |
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 "Welcome
to Encyclopedia.com - the Internet's premier free encyclopedia! This site
conveniently places an extraordinary amount of information at your fingertips. More
than 17,000 articles from The Concise
Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, Third Edition have been assembled to provide free,
quick and useful information on almost any topic." |
 You can search the Almanac,
Entertainment, Sports, Dictionary, or Encyclopedia. |
 Ecola Newsstand
( newsdirectory.com/ )
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| Computer Topic-Specific Search
Engines
http://www.SearchNetworking.com
networking-specific search site focused on enterprise networks issues http://www.SearchStorage.com the enterprise storage-specific search engine http://www.Search400.com the AS400-specific search engine http://www.SearchWin2000.com the Windows NT/2000-specific search engine http://www.SearchASP.com the Application Service Provider-specific search engine http://www.SearchDomino.com the Lotus Domino-specific search engine http://www.SearchVB.com the Visual Basic-specific search engine http://www.SearchHP.com the Hewlett-Packard specific search engine http://www.WhatIs.com the online IT knowledge exploration tool |
 The
California Digital Library's Online Archive of California has many excellent
photos that illustrate our state's beauty and history. |
 Bess, the Internet
Retriever. The company is N2H2. It was
founded in June 1995 by husband-and-wife team Peter Nickerson and Holly Hill. Dr.
Nickerson, a former economics professor at Seattle University, and Ms. Hill, a civil
rights attorney, created Bess due to their desire to make the Internet safer for their own
children. Bess is named after the founders' Chesapeake Bay retriever. |
 Ask Jeeves for Kids
understands plain English and filters results with  |
 Yahooligans! is a searchable, browsable
index of the Internet designed for Web surfers ages 7 to 12. If you're not sure of
the difference between searchable and browsable, click here. Here is some basic information for all people
who are new to the Internet. |
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