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Local copy of http://cui.unige.ch/meta-index.html (2001-01-24)

This documents collects some of the most useful search engines available on the WWW.

Some interesting information sources are
available only through specialized software.
If you are willing to install new software on your
computer to access them, check our new page
tools for information access

Links that appeared to be broken are in a separate page. Please let me know if one of those is still available!

NB: If you find this page especially useful, why not install a local copy on your machine? It will work from anywhere. [The original source of this page is at CUI] You may also be interested in trying out Martijn Koster's CUSI (Configurable Unified Search Interface), or visiting Search Engine Watch site which provides detailed information on how search engines work, along with tips on getting better results.

Looking for:

Information servers
Software
People
Education
Publications
News/FAQs
Documentation
Business, online catalogs and shopping
Other Interesting Things (Jargon, Acronyms, WIRED ...)
Search with human assistance
Domain names
URL registration
Miscellaneous
Tools for information access

See also: our list of Career & Jobs related sites

Last update of this list on April 20th, 2000.

Information Servers

List-based WWW Catalogs

See also:: Aeiwi - user friendly search engine.; AgriBOT - Canada's Online Agricultural Directory; L'Annuaire francophone - annuaire thématique francophone.; Avika; Aliweb at Nexor; Breizhat - le guide l'Internet breton; CanadaOne - Canadian Online Business Ressources.; The Canadian, Eh? - Showcasing Canada's Best Family Safe Web Sites!; Canadopedia - "La Toile du Canada"; Caribseek - Caribbean search directory; Click And Search; EC rider - Categorized and reviewed sites in the Netherlands; Cycle Search - Search engine for Motorcycle Web Sites; Embassy World - Embassy and Consulate Search Engine; Egypt Search - Egypt-related web sites directory.; Fat Head Search; Find-it! - Paul Sarena's info collection); Godado - United Kingdom and Italy.; goGreece.com - Internet Guide to Greece; GolfFarm.com - Golf Site.; Greek Indexer; Hellenic Resources Network; Hot Lava; InfoBase International; Insectclopedia - lists sites related to insects.; Lifestyle.UK - Categorised (10'000+)links, geographically sorted under 87 different headings.; LII - Librarians' Index to the Internet.; Matilda; Max - Search in South African Web; NetBuster; OmniTree - Categorised (~60 000) links about Computers; OzOnline; OzSearch Internet Guide - An all-Australian web directory.; Pathfinder.gr - The Greek Portal; Phantis - Greek Portal; Point Of Origin - family safe links, fast results with true content web sites; Presseweb - catalogue du Webdo des sites de journaux; Rambler - in Russian; Robby - The Hellenic Search Engine; Russia on the net; search@YourLeisure; Search-4-Info; SearchLite - parent/child friendly directory.; Sharelook Deutschland - Die schnelle Netzsuche (auf Deutsch).; Sharelook France - (en français); Sharelook Italia - (in italiano); Snap!; Study Web - reviews and categorizes over 20,000 focused academic sites.; TioSam - brasilian portal (in portuguese); La Toile du Québec; web.de - in German; webhelp.com; Wonderport; World Wide News - a big worldwide directory of online newspapers.; ZenSearch; Z-Search - Search engine for WebTV

Spider-based WWW Catalogs

See also:: All The Web; Ananzi - Largest portal in Africa; Australian WebSearch.; Canada.com - Your Canadian Internet Search Engine.; CEEm@il Search - General Search Engine; Cosmoz; Fireball - search engine in German; Funkycat; HotBot; Ibound; It News & Search Engines; Maple Square - Canadian search engine; NewZealand WebSearch.; SimpleSearch.com; SpaceRef.com - search engine for the Space community; Splat Search; SwissGuide - lists 60'000 Swiss sites.; Websearch - search engines for Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom or Hong Kong.; SimpleSearch.com; SimpleSearch.com; WorldLight; Zebra - Another South African search engine.

Note. The NIKOS search engine is permanently out of commision. Instead of it use NetScape's search page.

Natural language queries

Other Catalogs

Interesting:: Karnak - find and accumulate a personal library of knowledge.; Les pages web Plus de 4.000.000 pages en langue française; Orb Search (was Planet Search); Tsunami surfing page

Other Meta-Search Engines

1blink

All4one - sends simple queries to AltaVista, Lycos, Webcrawler and Excite

AllSearchEngines - All about search engines.

Alphasearch

Apollo7 - German-language Metasearch with high-performance

Black Widow search engine

CentraPoint

e-ngine.co.uk

External Info - page at Twente University.

Freezersearch

Fujo - You can save your searches for future reference.

Inference Find - the Intelligent Fast Parallel Web Search.

LastminuteSearch - use national search services.

ioport - MetaSearch and more

MacroSearch - Australian meta-search and search engines list.

Mamma.com

MatchSite

meta360.com - a parallel search engine

MetaCrawler

MetaFetcher

MonsterCrawler - also mp3

Net2day - takes few seconds, then display available results.

NoImages.com - the WebSearch search engine without images

Nominator

OneSearch - "it only takes OneSearch"

One2Seek Metasearch

OzOnline

Redesearch.com

Surfboard - Meta-search engine in Dutch

Proteus - metasearch tool suite

SavvySearch - search once, find everything

search.langenberg.com - Get There Faster

Search Buddy - Meta-search engine with an original interface.

Search Engines Galore - hundred of search engines!

Search engines worldwide - sorted by country suite.

Search Freak - meta-search engine, includes a submission page, searching for people and more.

Search Spaniel - lets you use as many search engines as you like simultaneously.

searchspell - spellcheck your request before searching the web.

SeekAmerica - meta search engine for north and south america.

SherlockHound

SiFMuG - (Surfing Internet Facilitated Multipurpose Unified Gateway) references a huge list of search engines.

Suchen.com - German language based meta search engine

TekSphere Stealth Search Anonymiser - search a site and surf anonymously.

theboojum.com

TotalSurf

WebInfoSearch - also job,price and people meta-search.

Web Search - Internet Guide and Reference

zInternet

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Software

See also:: FTP search; Infoware - allows you to locate a specific business or organizational software package; Nexor's Mac Software Catalog

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People

See also:: Aquent Talent Finder - The Search Engine for Independent Professionals (IPs): Freelancers, Free Agents, Contractors, Consultants, Self-Employed.; FOUR11 Directory Services; Perso-Search - L'outil de recherche exclusivement reserve aux Pages personnelles; SearchBC.com - search engine for British Columbia business and personal internet ressources; Who? Me? - search through a database of notes to see if any of them are meant for you

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Education

Braintrack - Over 5300 Links to Higher Educational Institutions in 152 Countries

CampusRegistry - a directory of current college students and alumni of every college in the world.

CityCollege - The Ultimate University and College Directory in North America

PedagoNet - a learning resources search engine.

World University List.

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Publications

See also:: Cornell University's Technical Report Library

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News/FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

Interesting:: Conference Announcement Archive - (moderated by Juergen Wagner); Deja.com - archive of Usenet newsgroups; NewsGuy News Service

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Documentation

See also:: Alex - Alex Catalogue of Electronic texts (previously Gopher Catalog of Electronic Texts); GoXML.com - XML Context-based Search Processor.; Internet Draft Index at Nexor; Nexor's Public Services; RFC index at Nexor; webreference.com - The Webmaster's Reference Library

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Business, online catalogs and shopping sites

AME Info - information about 200,000 companies from 13 Middle East countries.

BusinessWeb - source for business knowledge.

Buyer's Index - Search over 17,000 online retailers and mail order catalogs by specific products and categories

Global Biz Directory.com - business directory.

Present Picker - an editorial gift site that lets you select from over 190 criterias for a perfect gift from hundreds of websites

speedFind.com - UK business finder.

Speedy Pete's Internet Directory - Internet directory of company's web sites.

The Net One - Directory of business and services

Thomas Register of American Manufacturers

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Other Interesting Things

See also:: MusicFarm - Search for Music; WIRED Archive

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Search with human assistance

Information Outpost

Human search - provide human searching assistance

SearchMill.com - live human search

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Domain names

AMNESI - helps you find Internet server

namedroppers.com - search for domain names using multiple keywords

Presence Web - the domain name search engine (DNS names)

TargetDomain - Global domain name search tools (Name wizards, WHOIS, deleeted and similar names, name watch, etc.)

TekSphere Web Master Tools

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URL/Site registration

Site name	Search engines reached	Pricing
Add-it Pro	300	$9.95
Add Site	900	free
Aeon/Submitawebsite.com	81	free
All 4 one Submission Machine	6	free
ECsubmit.com	1500	$19
Higher-Hits	400	$10
IOPORT Submit Service	8	free
SelfPromotion.com	100	free
Site See	370	$10
ShopTown	8	free
Submit Express	30	free
Submit Express	800+	$24.95
Submit It	400	$60 for 2 URLs
Submit Shack	400	free
Suchen.com	1500	DM 98
Suchen.com	600	DM 65
website-submission.com	12-500	$19-$1299
WEB-Submit!	400	$12
Web-Toolz	450	$30

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Miscellaneous

add in form - german and international post codes.

Lender Locator - search engine for mortgage industry in the USA

The Internet Lost and Found - Free directory listings for lost and found animals and items in the US and worldwide.

wapitout.com - searchengine for all WAP mobile phones (in German)

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