Search Engines Examples

  
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Alta Vista   http://www.altavista.com/   demo

  • Alta Vista automatically ORs terms together

  • semi-automatic phrase searching o use "double quotes"

  • translation options

 
HotBot   http://www.hotbot.com/   demo

  • HotBot automatically ANDs terms together

  • pull-down menu choices for easy proximity searching

  • page depth limit choices

 
Google   http://www.google.com/   demo

  • Google automatically ANDs terms together

  • semi-automatic phrase searching or use "double quotes"

  • relevance ranking based on link analysis

  • includes cached pages