Meta Search Engine
Directory
Meta search engines query across multiple databases
and often eliminate redundant listings. The following is a partial list of the
more popular meta search engines. A breakdown chart at the end indicates which
search engines are queried by these services. Knowing this can help you decide
which search engines you wish to get listed on.
Brightgate is a fast, customizable meta search engine with controls over which
search engines are searched.
The
C4 metasearch engine is an improved version of the Cyber 411 with searches of
up to 16 search engines for one query. C4 can also metasearch topic specific areas
like Health, Family, News, Financial, Tech, Career, MP, Sports, Small Business,
and Newsgroups.
A decent meta search engine limited to 20 listings per page.
DataWare is a very popular set of meta search engines that provides user options
to customize results and groups findings by topic.
One of the more popular meta search engines, DogPile searches 3 databases at a
time and allows you to search others. Not considered as comprehensive as many
newer meta search engines.
Popular meta search engine with the power to control searches and listing description.
Results appear in one long easy to scroll page.
