Search Engines/Indexes to who knows what. Portals.

Search Engine Watch
Search Engine Showdown
Beaucoup is so big, why do I keep this page at all?

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Lost in a Sea of Search? Intraware.  Members only site with no charge membership.
Operator Use Example
+ Required +"good pay"
- Exclude -boring
NOT Exclude NOT boring
AND Also want AND "good location"
OR Alternate "good pay" OR "good benefits"
.. Numeric range 1995..1997
 
Infoseek Advanced Search Options 
(I received this in paper form, no idea what the source was).
Operator When you want: Example:
pipe (|) synonyms weather|natural disaster|tornado
link: to see pages linked TO a site link:www.movies.com
link:www.yourpage.com
site: all the pages of a particular domain site:mgm.com
title: search page titles only title:movies
url: search for term embedded in a URL url:Oscars
  ruby and/or slippers, preferring pages with the phrase ruby slippers ruby slippers
  the word ruby next to the word slippers "ruby slippers"
  both ruby and slippers in the document, although not necessarily next to one another +ruby +slippers
  the name Dorothy; pages containing Hamill are ranked lower +Dorothy -Hamill
  the name Dorothy Gale (Remember to capitalize proper nouns) Dorothy Gale
  the name Dorothy and the name Toto Dorothy, Toto
 
Search and ye shall find: 10 tips on power Googling

Have you Googled today?

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Go beyond ordinary searching with these handy Googling tips:

1. Either/or. If you want pages that have one term or another, type in “or” or use the “|” symbol, called the pipe symbol. Example: affordable | green | office supplies.

2. Quotes. If you want to search for an exact phrase, use quotes. Example: “Affordable green office supplies” will only return pages with that exact phrase.

3. Not. If you don’t want a word, use the “-” symbol next to it. Example: virus-computer.

4. Similar terms. Use the “~” symbol to search for similar terms. Example: A search “~green office supplies” uncovers pages with terms like "environmental," "sustainable" or "earth-friendly."

5. Essential words. When a precise word is essential, put a "+" in front of it. Example: Search only for the word "shredder," and not the plural or synonyms with "+shredder."

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6. Definitions. Use “define:” to get a quick definition. Example: “define: sustainable” turns up definitions, along with links.

7. Vertical search. Search specifically within blogs, news, books and more. Enter your search term, then click on “more” for a drop-down menu. Then choose “Blog Search,” “Book Search,” etc.

8. File types. If you just want to search for Word documents, for example, type “filetype:doc” as part of your search query. This will restrict your results to files ending in “.doc” (or “.xls”, “.pdf”, etc.) and show you only files created with the corresponding program.

9. Local search. Enter a business category and a ZIP code. Google returns results, reviews and a map.

10. Time. Find the time by entering "time" and the city's name.
General
Name: Comments:
About  
Alexa  
Archie Great front end on the clasic search ftp engine.
All The Web Very good advanced front end.
Atomz.com Search your own site
Daypop News items only
Dogpile  
eblast EB runs it.
ePrecis BAsed on semantic analysis of English. It's actually desighed to be an API, but they have a good search engine to illustrate it.
EuroFerret Some hits are in English
EuroSeek World wide 
Fast Search Selected subjects.
Filez All hits are downloadable files
Global Connector  
Google  
GoTo  
HighRankings.com Outstanding content.
HotBot  
ht://Dig San Diego State Univ's Open Source indexing system
Infoseek Easy successive refinements
Internet Public Library Human vetted
Invisible Web David Coursey: I've discovered the 'invisible Web'--have you? Here's how!  Outstanding article in ZDNet's Anchor Desk. [ local copy ]
ixquick  
KartOO Graphic map of sites.
Librarians' Internet Index Results are vetted by humans.
Look Smart  
Lycos Power Search Adjustable priorities
Maholo
 Human edited search database
Meta Crawler  
Metor Searches several engines at once and presents combined results.
Mother of all Search Engines Need to test this one
Netsearch Search limited to reviewed sites (thousands)
Netscape hhmmmm. They just pass it off to Infoseek!
Northern Light  
One Seek Submits query to 3+- engines that match subject
Open Directory Project Part of Mozilla
Political Information   
http://www.searchenginesgalore.com/  
Search Systems  over 4500 databases 
Teoma  
Web Ferret Local (Windoze) tool that queries multiple search engines.
Yahoo Companies then web sites
Zensearch Search selected "best" sites
Name/Company
Name: Comments:
Any Who Name & phone numbers - also reverse 
Birth/Death records Ancestors
Classmates Highschool records. Looks to be only people who have registered.
InfoSpace Reverse fone search
Internet Address Finder People's email addresses
Network Partners Finds URL for company
Switchboard  
Spock in development Aug 2007
WebReference's list  
Wink  
Yahoo People Search  
ZoomInfo.com  
Special/wierd
Name: Comments:
Dejanews Searches usenet archives
Disinformation Wierd stuff others won't find (or even look for)
FTP Search File lists from hundreds of ftp sites.
Infomine Univ Calif @ Riverside - Caltalog of sites in leveral subject areas. Very good, slow.
Online Reference Desk Very good list of information sources
Ring World Hundreds of web-rings
Conservative
Search Engine Watch  
Intelligent Agents
This area looks interesting, but I have not looked into it.  These links need to be explored.
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Agentware Line of internet agents includes an ofline browser, library and Web Researcher
BotSpot They have a more general definition of "bot". Including Elisa!
Browser Buddy "Prefetching" agent finds Web pages for you and downloads them to a local hard drive.
FlashSite InContext Systems' offline agent uses a folder-based system to maintain downloaded Web pages. Related to Web Retriever.
Net Attache Pro Sophisticated, highly configurable product; offers builtin Web searching and other advanced features.
Smart Spider Dr Dobbs: Implementing a Smart Spider, 8-2002
Teleport Pro Downloads entire Web sites, marketing requested documents for later reading; includes Web publishing tools.
WebVCR Unusual offline browser uses a VCR metaphor for helping you organize and "play back" downloaded material.
Web Retriever Browses the Web at scheduled intervals; downloaded information is stored in a local database. Related to FlashSite.
Indexes to who knows what
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Unusual Museums Fun
Web Rings  
Portals:  Everyone calls their site a portal, these are distinct from sites I consider to be search engines, but some of them may overlap.
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Big Eye Quite a number of good sections 
RefDesk  
Yahoo  
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