Conducting Simple Searches of the Web

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Meta search sites, such as Metacrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com), allow you to conduct a search on several search engines or directories at the same time. These sites typically present a limited number of results from popular search engines and directories on a single page. Meta search sites typically search the major search engines and directories, such as AltaVista, Excite, Go, Google, Lycos, and Yahoo!

Leading MetaSearch sites include:

• C4 (http://www.c4.com)
• Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com)
• InfoZoid (http://www.infozoid.com)
• Ixquick (http://www.ixquick.com)
• Mamma.com (http://www.mamma.com)
• MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com)
• ProFusion (http://www.profusion.com)
• Query Server (http://queryserver.dataware.com)
• Search.com (http://www.search.com)
• Supercrawler.com (http://www.supercrawler.com)
• SurfWax (http://www.surfwax.com)
• Vivisimo (http://vivisimo.com)