Links to Search Engines

AltaVista is one of the oldest and largest of the Internet Search Engines. It features simple and advanced searches, mp3, video, and image searching. AltaVista uses a software robot to search out and index web sites.

Tips:

• Use a + (plus) sign to include words in a search.
• Use a - (minus) sign to exclude words from a search.
• Enclose phrases in " " (parentheses.)

Lycos is a full featured search engine that uses a software program to index sites on the Internet.

Type in a question and Jeeves will find an answer.

Web Crawler is another portal site for Excite..

Google is a large search engine indexed by software programs. It has special searches for government information, information on Linux, and information regarding Apple Computers. Google searches for all words entered into the text area.

Yahoo has the distinction of being the only search engine that indexes web sites using human beings. Yahoo employs a legion of surfers who view, categorize, and index web sites by hand.