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The search engines below are other good choices to consider
when searching the web.
AllTheWeb.com
http://www.alltheweb.com
Powered by Yahoo, you may find AllTheWeb a lighter, more
customizable and pleasant "pure search" experience than you
get at Yahoo itself. The focus is on web search, but news,
picture, video, MP3 and FTP search are also offered.
AllTheWeb.com was previously owned by a company called FAST
and used as a showcase for that company's web search
technology. That's why you sometimes may sometimes hear
AllTheWeb.com also referred to as FAST or FAST Search.
However, the search engine was purchased
by search provider Overture (see below)
in late April 2003, then later become Yahoo's property when
Yahoo bought Overture. It no longer has a connection with
FAST.
AOL Search
http://aolsearch.aol.com
(internal)
http://search.aol.com/(external)
AOL Search provides users with editorial listings that come
Google's crawler-based index. Indeed, the same search on
Google and AOL Search will come up with very similar matches.
So, why would you use AOL Search? Primarily because you are an
AOL user. The "internal" version of AOL Search provides links
to content only available within the AOL online service. In
this way, you can search AOL and the entire web at the same
time. The "external" version lacks these links. Why wouldn't
you use AOL Search? If you like Google, many of Google's
features such as "cached" pages are not offered by AOL
Search.
Getting Listed: AOL essentially duplicates the
editorial and ad listings that are shown on Google, so you
need to be listed with Google in one of these ways, as
described above
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Search Engine Watch members
have access to the How
AOL Search Works page, which provides in-depth coverage of
how AOL Search operates and why there may be subtle
differences between it and Google.
HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com
HotBot provides easy access to the web's three major
crawler-based search engines: Yahoo, Google and Teoma. Unlike
a meta
search engine, it cannot blend the results from all of
these crawlers together. Nevertheless, it's a fast, easy way
to get different web search "opinions" in one place.
HotBot's "choose a search engine" interface was introduced
in December 2002. However, HotBot has a long history as a
search brand before this date.
HotBot debuted in May 1996, it gained a strong following
among serious searchers for the quality and comprehensiveness
of its crawler-based results, which were provided by Inktomi,
at the time. It also caught the attention of experienced web
users and techies, especially for the unusual colors and
interface it continues to sport today.
HotBot gained more notoriety when it switched over to using
Direct Hit's "clickthrough" results for its main listings in
1999. Direct Hit was then one of the "hot" search engines that
had recently appeared. Unfortunately, the quality of Direct
Hit's results couldn't match those of another "hot" player
that had debuted at the same time, Google. HotBot's popularity
began to drop.
Even worse, HotBot also suffered by being owned by Lycos
(now Terra Lycos). Lycos had acquired HotBot when it purchased
Wired Digital in October 1998. Lycos failed to make search a
priority on its flagship Lycos site as well as HotBot through
much of 1999 and 2000, as it focused instead on adding
"portal" features. The company refocused on search in late
2001, making significant improvements to the Lycos site and,
as noted, reworked the HotBot site at the end of 2002.
Getting Listed: For the main editorial listings at HotBot,
you need to be listed with the three major crawlers that it
can query. Follow the links for these crawlers on this page,
where they are mentioned.
Teoma
http://www.teoma.com
Teoma is a crawler-based search engine owned by Ask Jeeves.
It has a smaller index of the web than its rival
crawler-competitors Google and Yahoo. However, being large
doesn't make much of a difference when it comes to popular
queries, and Teoma's won praise for its relevancy since it
appeared in 2000. Some people also like its "Refine" feature,
which offers suggested topics to explore after you do a
search. The "Resources" section of results is also unique,
pointing users to page that specifically serve as link
resources about various topics. Teoma was purchased by Ask
Jeeves in September 2001 and also provides some results to
that web site.
Getting Listed: Read the Submitting
To Teoma section of Search Engine Watch's Essentials
Of Search Engine Submission guide for more information on
being included in editorial results. Paid listings come from
Google AdWords, described above.
Search Engine Watch members
have access to the How
Ask Jeeves Works page, which provides links to more
in-depth coverage of how Ask Jeeves-owned Teoma gathers
listings.by: Search
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