WWW: INDEXES & SEARCH ENGINES

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WEB PAGE FINDERS

The Internet contains more Web pages than any one search engine can possibly find or index. Therefore, it is a good idea to use more than one search engine, as they will all turn up different results.

AlltheWeb.com - search engine owned by Yahoo

AltaVista

Arianna - see: Libero

Ask.com - formerly called Ask Jeeves

BestoftheWeb.com - a directory-type list of Web links

Bing - a search engine from Microsoft

Blinkx - video search engine

Collecta - searches real-time Web postings, good for following Web response to breaking news

Dogpile - checks several search engines at once and gives you the combined results

eXcite

FindSounds.com - search engine for finding sound effects

Google:

• Google
• Google Image Search - results appear as thumbnail images
• Scroogle Scraper - provides Google search results minus ads and cookies
• Google Language Tools - search specific languages or countries
• Google Pirate (!)
• Google Book Search - search complete text of books and magazines
• Google Trends - check the popularity of any given search term versus another
• Google Zeitgeist - snapshot lists of most popular search terms (also see archive)
• Google Doodles - archive of custom-drawn Google logos from 1998 to now

The Internet Archive - a project to archive the Internet, making even old pages still available

ixquick - searches 12 engines simultaneously

LeapFish - meta-search engine which gives results for Web pages, videos and photos all at once

Libero [formerly Arianna] - search engine based in Italy

Lycos

Mamma.com - "The Mother of All Search Engines"

MetaCrawler - combined results from Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask

Northern Light Search - search recent news articles

Scour - a customizable meta-search engine

Scroogle Scraper - provides Google search results minus ads and cookies

Search³ - gives search results for Google, Bing and Twitter in side-by-side columns

Sharelook Deutschland - German site, similar to Yahoo

Truveo - video search engine

TubeSurf Video Search - find videos on YouTube, MySpace, Google, and Yahoo

Twitcaps - realtime Twitter image search

Viewzi

WebCrawler - combined results from Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask

Whois - domain name lookup - see who registered that domain name

Wolfram|Alpha - enter your question or calculation and the site computes the answer

The WWW Virtual Library - a meta-list of topics

Yahoo!

Yahoo! Australia & New Zealand

Yahoo! France

Yahoo! Mexico

Yahoo! U.K. & Ireland

ALSO SEE:

REFERENCE & EDUCATIONAL

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PEOPLE FINDERS / YELLOW PAGES SITES

SuperPages: People Search & Reverse Lookup

Who Called Us - reverse lookup of telemarketing numbers that appear in your Caller ID, especially useful for tracking down nuisance calls from 1-800 numbers

123people.com

Area Code Listing - lists area codes in numerical order and arranged by state and province

ClassMates.com - helps high school alumni friends find each other

Find a Person & Email Search - access multiple search engines through one page (includes Yahoo, BigFoot, SwitchBoard and Int. Address Finder)

Google - for reverse phone lookup, enter area code and phone number in search window

National Address Server - enter any valid US address and get ZIP+4 code

RefDesk.com: Phone Book and Area Code Resources - big list of online phone directories

Spokeo.com - claims to search within 41 major social networks

Switchboard - a people and business directory

The Ultimate White Pages

The Ultimate Yellow Pages

Usenet Addresses Service (MIT) - e-mail address search page

Whois - domain name lookup - see who registered that domain name

WhoWhere? - a people finder

Yell - UK business site search, brought to you by the Yellow Pages

YellowBook.com - online yellow pages & people search

ZabaSearch - people search and background checks