"A metasearch engine is best used to find information on obscure terms
or as a starting point to see which search engine or directory might yield the best results for that topic."A Metasearch Engine does not have its own database of sites. It searches the databases of other search engines. Examples of metasearch engines: - DogPile (http://www.dogpile.com) - searches the databases of 13 search engines
- Ixquick (http://www.ixquick.com) - Searchenginewatch ranks this metatsearch tool tops, along with Dogpile
- C4 (http://www.c4.com) - searches the databases of 11 search engines
- Query Search (http://www.queryserver.com/web.htm) - translates complex queries into the appropriate syntax for each of 11 engines; sorts results by relevance, subject, content, or site
- Mamma.com (http://www.mamma.com) - searches the databases of 14 search engines
- MetaCrawler (http://www.metacrawler.com)
- ProFusion (http://www.profusion.com) - searches the top 1000 search sources
- CNET Search (http://www.search.com) - searches the databases of 12 search engines
- One Seek (http://www.oneseek.com) - displays Web chains
Select one of these metasearch engines and enter the keyword that you used above. Click on the Fetch, Go, Find It, or Search button. How many "hits" did you receive? How does this compare with the number of hits you received in your earlier search?
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