| ExaleadSuperb functionality, good advanced options |
| ExciteDoes anyone still use that any more? |
| Factbites Factual information |
| FaganFinder Superb collection of engines |
| Fazzle Good all round meta search engine |
| Feedster |
| Findsounds Audio/sound search engine |
| FinQoo Multi search engine, doesn’t say what the sources are |
| Freesearch UK based engine, global scope |
| Galaxy Index based |
| Google Do I need to say anything about this one? |
| Google Blogsearch Best blog search engine going |
| Google Directory Same as DMOZ |
| Google Groups Good for obscure information |
| Google Images Yahoo image search is superior |
| Google Local Local to the UK that is. |
| Google News Adequate. Good for email alerts |
| Google Personalised Tailor results to your interests |
| Google Scholar Good(ish) for academic stuff |
| Google Trends Who is looking for what? |
| Healia Excellent medical search engine |
| Hotbot Blast from the past! |
| IAF People search Searches for people! US biased. |
| iBoogie Multi search engine, strong on clustering |
| Icerocket Good for blog searching |
| Illumirate Index based |
| InfoMine For scholarly internet resource collections |
| Infopeople People search |
| Infoservice Index based, bizarre collection of headings |
| Intute Superb directory, very authoritative |
| Irazoo Social search engine, vote for results |
| Ixquick Excellent meta search engine |
| Jayde Business to business |
| Jux2 Excellent meta search & compare results |
| Kartoo Visual search engine, good reputation |
| Kazazz Free text search engine, not particularly exciting |
| KidsclickChildren’s search engine |
| Librarians Internet Index Superb resource |
| Linkopedia Index based, not exciting |
| Live Search One of the big 4 |
| Lycos Almost lost in the midst of time, but still trying |
| Mahalo Social search engine, some like it, I don’t |
| MammaMulti meta search engine that’s been around for years |
| Mastersite Calls itself #1 though I can’t work out why |
| Metacrawler Meta search engine |
| Monstercrawler Meta search engine |
| Mooter Visual search engine |
| MsDewey Microsoft folly; annoying and pointless |
| Oaister Emphasis on hidden web academic material |
| Omnimedicalsearch Excellent medical search engine |
| Peerbot Very unusual engine, as it searches for favicons |
| Pepesearch Does not stand out |
| Pinakes Superb collection of Virtual Libraries |
| Questfinder Selective web directory |
| Quotations for Quotations |
| Quintura First rate, uses clouds of terms. Recommended |
| RedZee Visual search. Awful. Used to be excellent |
| References Good all round resource |
| Re-quest Index/Directory web search engine |
| Scandoo accurately indicates a level of trustworthiness |
| Scirus Scientific search of web and selected journals |
| Scrubtheweb Nothing to recommend it |
| Search-beat Uses Google’s database |
| Searchbug Search for people and companies in the US |
| Search.com Metasearch engine |
| Searchhippo Metasearch engine, unimpressed |
| Searchy Personalised search |
| Searchmash Google test bed |
| Search Medica Excellent medical search engine |
| Searchthe.net Meta search engine |
| Searchtheweb Index/Directory |
| Selectsurf Selective web directory |
| Similicio.us Find similar sites |
| Silobreaker Superb news resource |
| Slider Full text search engine that searches DMOZ |
| Smartlinks Index/Directory |
| SMEALSearch Academic authoritative content |
| Sproose Social search engine |
| Sunsteam Index/Directory |
| Supercrawler Index/Directory |
| Synonyms Good reference resource |
| Technorati Excellent weblog search engine |
| Thenet1 Index/Directory |
| Thunderstone Index/Directory |
| Trooker Superb video search engine |
| Turbo 10 Great for hidden/invisible web |
| TurboScout Very good multi search engine |
| Ujiko Visual search engine |
| Zip codes Information about US zip code areas |
| Web Brain Visual search engine |
| Webcrawler Meta search engine for GYMA |
| Web-search Meta search engine, one at a time |
| Webworldindex Index/Directory |
| Whatuseek Web/Index based, not worth the trouble |
| Windseek Meta search engine |
| WWW Virtual Library Second only to Pinakes |
| Yahoo! One of the big 4 |
| Yahoo Buzz What’s going on? |
| Yahoo Directory Yahoo as it used to be |
| Yahooligans For children |
| Yahoo Local Local information |
| Yahoo Mindset Emphasis research or shopping |
| YouTube Video engine. Use Trooker instead |
| Zapmeta Allows for various methods of re-ranking |
| Zensearch Uses the Google database |
If you are concerned about inreasing traffic to your website and you’d like a “hands-on” approach, we highly recommend manual submission to as many search engines as possible. With search engine optimization (seo), the “name of the game” is RELEVANCE. Your site is positioned on search pages based on how relevant your website appears to be. The more search engines your site shows up on, the more relevant it is considered by other search engines. If you have purchased a website package with Bezign, it is more than likely that we have already submitted your site to the top ten engines listed below. In that case, start your submissions with number 11. Each engine has their own submission process and requires different information so carefully follow each process or set of directions. Have fun and check your status frequently!
