|
NAME |
DESCRIPTION |
POPULAR
FEATURES |
CUSTOMIZATION
|
|
Yahoo!
www.yahoo.com
Directory
site
|
Very user
friendly and popular. Provides subject
directory and word search
|
News, maps,
free e-mail addresses, chat rooms, games,
TV listings
|
Highly customizable.
Select a free User ID to personalize content
to your interests, such as airfares and
sports scores.
|
|
Excite
www.excite.com
Directory
site
|
Easy to
move about. Very accurate searches.
|
Provides
brief description of your search results.
|
Free membership
includes access to chat rooms and game rooms.
|
|
AltaVista
www.altavista.com
Directory
site
|
The oldest
search site is noted for its excellent graphics
and color.
|
Accuracy
of searches, related links, offers parental
controls and filtering
|
Customized
shopping links, directory, stock quotes,
and more.
|
|
Northern
Light
www.northernlight.com
Word search
|
Well-organized,
with a logically structured directory, it
suits the serious searcher.
|
Outstanding
advanced search. Special reference materials
are available on a pay per use basis
|
None.
|
|
MSN Search
www.search.msn.com
Word search
|
Meat and
potatoes site geared towards general research.
|
Save my
search capability, news headlines
|
Very easy
to personalize, especially for news and
stocks.
|
|
HotBot
www.hotbot.com
Directory
site
|
Relatively
simple site for keyword searches.
|
Easy to
narrow searches based upon your needs.
Newsgroup searches
|
None.
|
|
About
www.about.com
Directory
site
|
Subject-based,
alphabetically arranged search site
|
Categories
are maintained by experts in the fields.
|
None.
|
|
Dogpile
www.dogpile.com
Metasearch
site
|
Streamlined
site that searches other search sites.
|
Searches
18 or more different search engines.
|
None.
|
|
DirectHit
www.directhit.com
Popularity
based
|
Directory
which ranks site based on their popularity.
|
Orderly
and easy to use.
|
None.
|
|
Google
www.google.com
“Intelligent”
search
|
Comprehensive
directory with a streamlined homepage.
|
Search pays
attention to the words you enter and the
order you enter them to get highly accurate
results.
|
None.
|
Ask
Jeeves
www.askjeeves.com
“Intelligent”
search |
Type in
a question, and it finds sites which may
provide you with an answer
|
Very easy
to use and comprehensive. Lists sites used
by customers with similar questions.
|
Create a
“Personal Jeeves” page with News
items, weather reports, sports scores, et
cetera.
|
