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Search Engine & Directory List
The following search engines/directories are
listed because they are amongst
the most popular search engines whose focus
is UK businesses or sites that are of interest
to people in the UK.
All The Web
Also known as FAST, this is one of the largest
search indexes on the web. FAST's results are
provided to many portals and sites, including
Lycos and Hotbot.
AltaVista UK
UK version of AltaVista which offers the ability
to search UK sites only or Worldwide. AltaVista
was one of the first crawler type search engines
having started in December 1995.
AOL Search
With the large numbers of people who use AOL
as an ISP, AOL's search services are highly
significant. The main listings come from Google.
Ask Jeeves UK
Ask Jeeves is designed so that users can ask
questions in plain English.
Excite
One of the first crawler type search engines
starting in 1995, Excite is now owned by Infospace
and operates as a meta search engine drawing
results from a wide range of sources including
FAST.
Google
Google is a search engine that uses the link
popularity of a website, amongst other techniques,
to rank web sites within its directory. Google
argues that the frequency of these links means
that sites with the most links to them have
been effectively endorsed by the other sites
and should therefore be ranked higher.
Google UK
UK version of Google which offers the ability
to search UK sites only or Worldwide.
HotBot
HotBot started in 1996 and was purchased by
Lycos ut is operated as an independent search
facility.
Hotbot UK
UK version of Hotbot which offers the ability
to search UK sites only or Worldwide. Results
come from FAST.
Look Smart
Look Smart is a human-compiled directory of
web sites. Look Smart also provides directory
results to MSN, Excite and other search engines
and directories.
Look Smart UK
The Look Smart portal designed to produce results
more significant to UK users.
Lycos
Lycos’s main listings come from the FAST.
Lycos UK
UK version of Lycos which offers the ability
to search UK sites only or Worldwide.
MSN Search
Microsoft's MSN Search service is a directory
of web sites produced by Look smart with results
also from Overture.
MSN UK
The UK version of MSN designed to produce
results more significant to UK users.
Overture
Formally known as GoTo, Overture sells its main
listings on a per click basis which it says
improves relevancy. The UK version of Overture
designed to produce results more significant
to UK users.
Overture UK
The UK version of Overture designed to produce
results more significant to UK users.
UK Plus
UK Plus launched in 1997 as a directory featuring
reviews of sites in the UK or relevant to people
in the UK.
Yahoo
Yahoo is the oldest major web site directory,
having launched in late 1994 and is considered
by many to be the most popular search service.
Yahoo UK & Ireland
UK version of Yahoo which offers the ability
to search UK sites only or Worldwide.
Please note the above search engine
list is subject to change.
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