Internet Search

No search engine will find every page every time. Experiment to find the one that best suits your needs for each particular search.

Search ALL of Google

Search LOCAL - WayNet.org and our Member's websites

General Search

AOL Search Ask Jeeves Bing ChaCha - defunct in 2016

Duck Duck Go Excite Google HotBot - defunct

Lycos WebCrawler Learn about the Search Engine Industry

Meta Search (search multiple search engines)

DogPile InfoSpace

Mamma

Search.com Surfwax

Filtered Search (helpful - but not foolproof)

KidsClick - Closed 2019

Search for People or Businesses

InfoSpace Intelius

International Telephone Directories Reverse Phone Lookup

Super Pages Switchboard Yasni

News Portals

General-purpose search engines and web directories aren't the best tools for searching for news. This isn't a criticism -- they simply aren't designed for the purpose. A much better way to find news on the web is to use a specialized news portal or search engine.

1st Headlines Headline Spot

Google News Excite News

Yahoo News

RSS News Feeds, Blog Search & Social Media

Addictomatic Blogdigger Fagan Finder Google Blog Search

IceRocket News Is Free Omgili RocketNews

Social Mention Technorati Twitter Search

Directories

About.Com - people-powered directory for the best sites as determined by their guides.

About.com Closed Guide Relocation Directory and Assistance Links

JoeAnt

KidsClick! - Closed 2019 - a directory/web search for kids - designed by librarians.

IPL2 - Internet Public Library/Librarian's Index to the Internet - resources selected and evaluated by librarians for their usefulness to users of public libraries.

Open Directory - a human-maintained portal with a huge number of topics and an open-source community spirit to funding the service.

"Hidden" Web

Databases available on the web - but not indexed by search engines.
		Inspire - just for Indiana residents!

Specialized Search

FAQ Archive - a searchable index of Frequently Asked Questions archives on the 'Net.

USA.gov - search U.S. government websites.

Google - Search Newsgroups

Google - Search Magazines - using Google Book Search

Search Engine Colossus - an interesting start for specialized search engines around the globe.

Scout Report Archives - a search engine for sites listed with Internet Scout, a project with the University of Wisconsin.

ZDNet Media - search Ziff-Davis (computer magazines) publications

Wolfram|Alpha - search from a mathematical perspective

Find It Fast

• Business Directory
• Agriculture
• Apartments
• Beauty/Barber/Spa
• Communications
• Computers/Internet
• Construction
• Employment
• Familes & Parenting
• Financial
• Funeral Directors
• Health & Wellness
• Home & Garden
• Insurance
• Law & Justice
• Lodging
• Manufacturing
• Marketing
• Media
• Meeting Rooms
• Not-for-Profits
• Nursing Facilities
• Pets/Animals
• Real Estate
• Recycling
• Restaurants
• Retail
• Senior Housing
• Speakers Bureau
• Transportation
• Utilities

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