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Information I need

Search Engines

Characteristics of
the search tool

I want to see sites just for kids.

Designed for students.
Information is easy to understand.

I want to see information that is relevant to my topic.

Largest and most popular search engine. Tries to define relevance based on who links to the pages it finds.

I have a broad topic.

Sites picked and organized
by real people.

I want to compare information found on google and Yahoo!

Allows you to see the hits of Yahoo! and Google side by side.

I want to use regular words, not searching language.

Jeeves has retired, but this website is still around. Allows you to refine searches.

I cannot find anything.

A site that searches all
of the search engines.

I need help in narrowing my topic.

Offers both a directory and a search engine.

I have a very specific topic.

Used to be very popular. Now Google is more popular. A massive and fast index for very specific searches.

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