Search Engines and Algorithms: MetaSearch Engines, A Tool for SEO - Other MetaSearch Engines (Page 4 of 6 ) Other MetaSearch Engines There is probably not enough room here in this article to give you a definitive list of all the MetaSearch Engines, and I’ll probably accidentally leave out your favorites, but here is a brief list of some of them, and what they do. I wanted to list those that have unique features or attributes. - ProFusion.com – Uses over 1,000 specialized search engines to pull results from, including from the “Invisible Web”
- ZapMeta.com – Provides interesting visualization tools and other features, by giving you the option of previewing the site before visiting
- Family Friendly Search - geared toward kid-oriented searches, and returns results based on major kid-friendly search engines and directories
- Search.com – One of the first specialized search engine guides
- Excite - Formerly a crawler-based search engine, Excite was acquired by InfoSpace in 2002 and uses the same underlying technology as the other InfoSpace meta search engines, but maintains its own portal features.
- CurryGuide.com - Has ability to save your results for easy reference at a future point
- Pandia.com – Has the option to search directories in addition to search engines
- Ixquick.com - Ranks results based on the number of "top 10" rankings a site receives from the various search engines
- iZito.com – Allows you to park your listings to customize your results; also offers the ability to show listings in up to three columns across the screen, letting you see more results at once
- Meceoo - Has the ability to create an "exclusion list" to block pages from particular web sites being included
- Webcrawler – Offers fast and ad-free interface
- Fazzle – Formerly called SearchOnline; offers a highly flexible and customizable interface to a wide variety of information sources, ranging from general web results to specialized search resources in a number of specific categories.
- Info.com - Offers shopping, news, eBay, audio and video search, as well as a number of other interesting features, compiled from 14 various search engines and pay-per-click directories.
- Copernic – A PC based search utility
There are so many other MetaSearch Engines, but hopefully you have a good idea of what kind of options are available to you for search. Next: Using MetaSearches for SEO >>
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