Search Engine Showdown Reviews
These reviews discuss
the search features, databases, and other aspects of interest
to searchers. They are also linked from the
search engine features,
subject directory, and other
comparison pages.
Primary Search Engines
Providers of Search
Companies that create and
maintain a search engine which is made available through
portals or other search sites.
Secondary Web Search Engines
These are either smaller or
not the primary search engine for access to databases from
the Providers of Search listed below.
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New Search Engines
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Dead Search Engines
These search engines used to
offer their own database or unique search features. They
have all abandoned their position in search, although they
still may have some kind of search functionality. The
linked reviews reflect how these search engines used to
work.
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Deja.com
[Defunct Usenet search]
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Direct Hit
[Defunct at directhit.com, redirecting to Teoma, but
still at MSN Search & HotBot]
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Excite
[Defunct, now uses an InfoSpace meta search]
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Excite News
(NewsTracker) [Defunct]
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Go
[Defunct, took over Infoseek, but now just uses
Overture]
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Go (Infoseek) News
[Defunct]
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Infoseek
[Defunct, bought by Disney for Go, then abandoned in
favor of Overture]
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iWon
[Somewhat defunct, features Overture results, but still
has Inktomi database as well]
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Magellan
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NBCi (formerly Snap)
[Defunct, now uses metasearch engine Dogpile]
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NBCi Live Directory
(formerly Snap)
[Defunct directory]
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Northern Light
[Publicly defunct as a Web search engine, but still
available for paid document searching and via
NLResearch.com.
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WebCrawler
[Same as Excite]
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WebTop
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