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Meta Search (search multiple search engines)
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Filtered Search (helpful - but not foolproof)
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Search for People or Businesses

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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.

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  • Headline Spot
  • Google News
  • Excite News
  • Yahoo News

RSS News Feeds, Blog Search & Social Media

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  • 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

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Richmond was once known as "the lawnmower capital" because of the lawn mowers manufactured here from the late 19th century through the mid-20th century. Manufacturers included Motomower, Dille-McGuire and F&N.;