(The entries are in alphabetical order within each category.)
General search engines
★
Alexa Internet
★
Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
★
Baidu
★
Exalead
★
Gigablast
★
Google
★
Live Search (formerly
MSN Search)
★
MozDex
★
WiseNut
★
Yahoo! Search
Open source search engines
★
DataparkSearch
★
Egothor
★
Gonzui
★
Grub
★
Ht://dig
★
Lucene
★
Lemur Toolkit & Indri Search Engine
★
mnoGoSearch
★
Namazu
★
Nutch
★
OpenFTS
★
Sphinx
★
SWISH-E
★
Terrier Search Engine
★
Search Wikia
★
Xapian
★
YaCy
★
Zettair
Metasearch engines
★
Bioinformatic_Harvester
★
Brainboost
★
Clusty
★
Dogpile
★
Excite
★
HotBot
★
Info.com
★
Ixquick
★
Mamma
★
Metacrawler
★
MetaLib
★
Myriad Search
★
PolyMeta
★
SideStep
★
Turbo10
★
WebCrawler
Regional search engines
★
Accoona,
China/
US
★
Alleba,
Philippines
★
Ansearch,
Australia/
US/
UK/
NZ
★
Araby,
Middle East
★
Baidu,
China
★
Daum,
Korea
★
Guruji.com,
India
★
Miner.hu,
Hungary
★
Najdi.si,
Slovenia
★
Naver,
Korea
★
Rambler,
Russia
★
Rediff,
India
★
SAPO,
Portugal
★
Search.ch,
Switzerland
★
Walla!,
Israel
★
Yandex,
Russia
People search engines
★
Ex.plode.us
★
InfoSpace
★
Spock
★
Yellowpages.com
★
ZoomInfo
Email-based search engines
★
TEK
Visual search engines
★
Grokker
★
Kartoo
★
Quintura
Answer-based search engines
★
Answers.com
★
AskMeNow
★
BrainBoost
★
eHow
★
Lexxe
★
Lycos iQ
★
Windows Live QnA
★
Yahoo! Answers
Google-based search engines
★
AOL Search
★
CompuServe Search
★
MySpace Search
★
Mahalo.com
★
Netscape
Yahoo!-based search engines
★
AltaVista
★
AlltheWeb
★
GoodSearch
★
Rectifi
Windows-Live-based search engines
★
A9.com
★
Tafiti
★
Ms. Dewey
Ask.com-based search engines
★
iWon
★
Lycos
Job search engines
★
Naukri.com (India)
★
Bixee.com (India)
★
Craigslist (by city)
★
Eluta.ca (Canada)
★
CareerBuilder.com (USA)
★
Hotjobs.com (USA)
★
Indeed.com (USA)
★
Monster.com (USA)
★
Recruit.net (International)
★
SimplyHired.com (USA)
Forum search engines
★
Omgili
Blog search engines
★
Amatomu
★
Bloglines
★
BlogScope
★
IceRocket
★
Sphere
★
Technorati
News search engines
★
Google News
★
MagPortal
★
Newslookup
★
Nexis (Lexis Nexis)
★
Topix.net
★
Yahoo! News
Multimedia search engines
★
blinkx
★
FindSounds
★
Picsearch
★
Podscope
Code search engines
★
Google Code Search
★
JExamples
★
Koders
★
Krugle
BitTorrent search engines
These search engines work across the
BitTorrent protocol.
★
Btjunkie
★
FlixFlux
★
Isohunt
★
Mininova
★
The Pirate Bay
★
TorrentSpy
Accountancy search engines
★
IFACnet
Medical search engines
★
Entrez (includes
Pubmed)
★
GoPubMed (knowledge-based: GO - GeneOntology)
★
Healia
★
KMLE Medical Dictionary
★
MeshPubMed (knowledge-based: MeSH - Medical Subject Headings)
★
Searchmedica
★
WebMD
Property search engines
★
Home.co.uk
★
Rightmove
★
Zillow.com
Business search engines
★
Thomasnet (
United States)
★
Business.com
★
Nexis (Lexis Nexis)
Comparison shopping search engines
★
Google Product Search (formerly Froogle)
★
Kelkoo
★
MSN Shopping
★
MySimon
★
NexTag
★
PriceRunner
★
Shopping.com
★
Shopzilla (also operates Bizrate)
★
TheFind.com
Geographic search engines
★
Géoportail
★
Google Maps
★
MapQuest
★
Windows Live Maps
★
Yahoo! Maps
Social search engines
★
Google Co-op is a platform provided by Google that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorise queries, and create customized search engines
★
Rollyo
★
Wink provides web search by analyzing user contributions such as bookmarks and feedback
★
Trexy
Search engines for kids
★
Yahoo! Kids
★
Quintura Kids
Desktop search engines
★
Autonomy — IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search.
★
Beagle — Open source desktop search tool for Linux based on Lucene
★
Copernic Desktop Search
★
Docco — based on
Apache's indexing and search engine
Lucene, and it requires a
Java Runtime Environment.
★
Filehawk — Indexes and searches files' content in computers, networks and removable
data storage devices
★
Gaviri PocketSearch — Indexes desktop, network drives and portable devices.
★
Google Desktop — Integrates with the main Google search engine page.
★
imgSeek — Desktop content-based image search
★
ISYS Search Software — ISYS:desktop search software.
★
Likasoft Archivarius 3000
★
Meta Tracker — Open Source Linux desktop search
★
Spotlight — Found in
Apple Mac OS X "
Tiger".
★
Terrier Search Engine — desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux.
★
Tropes Zoom — Semantic Search Engine.
★
Windows Desktop Search —
MSN Search Toolbar includes
Windows Desktop Search which incorporates much of the desktop search technology initially promised for
Windows Vista, the next version of
Microsoft Windows. The search integrates into the
task bar and
Internet Explorer windows.
★
X1 Professional Client (formerly X1 Desktop Search, then X1 Enterprise Client)
Legal
★
WestLaw
★
Lexis (Lexis Nexis)
★
Quicklaw
Usenet
★
Google Groups (formerly
Deja News)
Defunct search engines
★
Google Answers
★
Infoseek
★
Inktomi
★
Northern Light
★
Overture.com (formerly GoTo.com)
★
PubSub
★
Singingfish
★
Teoma
★
World Wide Web Worm
See also
★
List of web directories
★
List of academic journal search engines
★
Search engine optimization
★
Search aggregator
External links
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