怎样选择合适的搜索引擎？（英文）
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详见：http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.html
Fields & File Types
If you want to search for... Choose...
Audio/Music AllTheWeb | AltaVista | Dogpile | Fazzle | FindSounds.com
| Lycos Music | Lycos Multimedia Search | Singingfish
Date last modified AllTheWeb Advanced Search | AltaVista Advanced Web
Search | Ask.com Advanced Search | Exalead Advanced Search | Google
Advanced Search | HotBot Advanced Search | Yahoo Advanced Web Search
Domain/Site/URL AllTheWeb Advanced Search | AltaVista Advanced Web
Search | AOL Advanced Search | Ask.com Advanced Search | Google
Advanced Search | Lycos Advanced Search | MSN Search Search Builder |
SearchEdu.com | Yahoo Advanced Web Search
File Format AllTheWeb Advanced Web Search | AltaVista Advanced Web
Search | AOL Advanced Search | Exalead Advanced Search | Yahoo
Advanced Web Search
Geographic location Ask.com Advanced Search | Exalead Advanced Search
| HotBot Advanced Search | Lycos Advanced Search | MSN Search Search
Builder | Yahoo Advanced Web Search
Images AllTheWeb | AltaVista | The Amazing Picture Machine | Ask.com
Images | Ditto | Dogpile | Fazzle | Google Image Search | IceRocket |
Ixquick | Mamma | Picsearch
Language AllTheWeb Advanced Web Search | AOL Advanced Search | Ask.com
Advanced Search | Exalead Advanced Search | Google Language Tools |
HotBot Advanced Search | iBoogie Advanced Web Search | Lycos Advanced
Search | MSN Search Search Builder | Yahoo Advanced Web Search
Multimedia & video All TheWeb | AltaVista | Blinx | ClipBlast |
Dogpile | Fazzle | IceRocket | Search For Video | Singingfish | Yahoo
Video Search
Page Title/URL AOL Advanced Search | Fazzle | Google Advanced Search |
Yahoo Advanced Web Search | ZapMeta Advanced Web Search
Search logic
If you want to use... Choose...
Boolean operators AltaVista Advanced Web Search | AllTheWeb Advanced
Search | Dogpile | Google [OR only] | Ixquick
Full Boolean logic with parentheses
e.g., behavior and (cats or felines) AlltheWeb Advanced Search |
AltaVista Advanced Web Search | Exalead | Ixquick | MSN Search
Implied Boolean +/- Most search engines offer this option
Boolean logic using search form terminology Most advanced search
options offer this, including:
AllTheWeb Advanced Search | AltaVista Advanced Web Search AOL Advanced
Search | Ask.com Advanced Search | Exalead | Google Advanced Search |
IceRocket Advanced Search | MSN Search Search Builder | Yahoo Advanced
Web Search
Proximity searching Exalead | Google [by default] | Ixquick
Search options
If you want.. Choose...
Alternative search terms SurfWax
A user fill-in search form Many search engines offer this, including:
AlltheWeb Advanced Web Search | AltaVista Advanced Web Search | AOL
Search Advanced Search | Ask.com Advanced Search | Google Advanced
Search | IceRocket Advanced Search | MSN Search Builder | Yahoo
Advanced Web Search
Search for documents similar to those in existing results Google
Truncation Exalead | Ixquick
Live human guides ChaCha
Your search stated in plain English Ask.com | Brainboost | Ixquick |
MSN Search
Translation of pages retrieved as search results, or any text or Web
page, to and from selected languages Babel Fish
An exact phrase within quotations Most search engines offer this
option
An exact phrase from a template choice Many search templates offer
this. For example: AllTheWeb Advanced Search | AltaVista Advanced Web
Search | Fazzle | Google Advanced Search | IceRocket Advanced Search
Multiple search tools searched simultaneously with duplicate records
removed Chubba | Clusty | Copernic | Don Busca | Fazzle | Ixquick |
Mamma | MetaCrawler | Query Server | SurfWax | Yooci | more...
Search Results
If you want... Choose...
Results based on linking, i.e., number of links from highly rated Web
pages A9 | Alexa Web Search | AltaVista | Ask.com | Google | Google
Web Directory
[Many search engines use this technology as part of their results
ranking strategy]
Results clustered by concept and/or type of site (often laid out as a
"horizontal" list of topics in addition to a single vertical list of
results) Accumo | Search AllinOne MetaSearch | Ask.com | Clusty | Don
Busca | Exalead | iBoogie | Infonetware | metaEUREEKA | Kartoo |
KillerInfo | Mooter | Quintura | Search AllinOne MetaSearch | Turbo10
| Ujiko | Vivisimo | Yahoo! Mindset
Option to search on related topics AllTheWeb | Dogpile | Factbites
Results in graphical/visual format Kartoo | Mnemomap | Mooter |
Quintura | Ujiko | Webbrain
Results with thumbnail images of retrieved sites Don Busca | Exalead |
IceRocket
Queries stored at the site and notification of new results Google
Alert | Karnak | TracerLock
Queries stored by the search service for repeat searches Copernic
Search results appear as you type Google Suggest | SurfWax LookAhead
(RSS feeds)
Specialty Searches
If you want to search... Choose...
The Deep Web (not generally covered by search spiders) Complete Planet
| Google | Search.Com | Turbo10
[Many search engine sites offer deep Web searches. For example, see
Ixquick and InfoGrid]
Blogs Ask.com | Blogdigger | Bloglines | BlogPulse | Bloogz | Clusty |
Feedster | Globe of Blogs | Google Blog Search | IceRocket | Sphere |
Technorati | Yahoo News Search | Zoola
Files in FTP sites (text, multimedia, software, etc.)
Ftpsearchengines.com | Oth Net
Library materials WorldCat
News (multiple sources searched simultaneously) AlltheWeb: News |
AltaVista - News | FindNews.org | Google News Alerts | InfoGrid |
NewsNow | NewsTrove.com | Pandia Newsfinder | RocketNews | SurfWax
News Accumulator | Topix.net | The WorldNews Network
News (RSS feeds) Ask.com | Daypop | Memigo | NewsIsFree
Podcasts Pluggd | Podcast.net | Podcast Search Service | PODZINGER |
Yahoo Podcasts
RSS feeds Chordata | RSSfeeds.com | SurfWax LookAhead | Syndic8.com
Saved Web pages Furl | Spurl.net
Scholarly materials, e.g,. books, articles, etc. Google Book Search |
Google Scholar | Live Search Books | Windows Live Academic
Search trails, e.g., paths taken from search results to selected pages
Trexy
Site analysis GoLexa
Usenet newsgroup postings Google Groups
Web events FindWebEvents.com
Your own customized search engine Eurekster Swicki | Google Custom
Search Engine | Rollyo
Reference sources (dictionaries, encyclopedias, e-mail and address
lookups, calculators, quotations, news, government info, statistics
etc.) Reference Collection (U Albany Libraries)
Professionally maintained directories About | Academic Info | BUBL
LINK | INFOMINE | Librarians' Internet Index | Intute | The Scout
Archives | Virtual Learning Resources Center | WWW Virtual Library |
more...
Directories maintained by volunteers JoeAnt | Open Directory Project
(DMOZ)