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Constantly updated recommendations about which Web resources are most effective in producing
authoritative results for information-seekers. From the Library and Information Technology
Association.
http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaresources/toolkitforexpert/toolkitexpert.htm
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DNS as a Search Engine: A Quantitative Evaluation
Ben Edelman evaluates DNS, Google, and RealNames for their respective accuracies in providing
correct and relevant content. Research suggests that Google offers the highest accuracy.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/DNS-as-search/
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SquirrelNet.com: Top 20 Search Engines
Rates search engines on relevancy and usability. Also provides links to news related to searching.
http://www.squirrelnet.com/search/top20.htm
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Lookoff: Engine Reviews
An overview of major search engines and directories, reviewing over fifty characteristics and
summarizing strengths and weaknesses.
http://www.lookoff.com/tactics/reviews.html
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Search Engine Yearbook
Free resource on Internet searching and search engine optimization, with a PDF book offered for
sale.
http://www.searchengineyearbook.com/
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How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory
Set up in the format of "if you want A then choose B."
http://library.albany.edu/internet/choose.html
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Precision Among World Wide Web Search Services
Detailed analysis of the five major Search Engines, Alta Vista, Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek, Lycos.
http://www.winona.msus.edu/library/webind2/webind2.htm
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UK Search Engines
Provides an overview of existing UK search engines, together with a comparison chart.
http://www.philb.com/ukengine.htm
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Search Engines for the World Wide Web: A Comparative Study and Evaluation Methodology
Comparison of AltaVista, Excite, and Lycos.
http://www.asis.org/annual-96/ElectronicProceedings/chu.html
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Multi-Search Engines - A Comparison
Presents information on searching the Internet using multi-search engines, rather than individual
search engines, discusses the theory of how these things work, their advantages and disadvantages
and finally presents the reader with a small tabular comparison of some major multi-search engines.
http://www.philb.com/msengine.htm
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Accessibility and Distribution of Information on the Web
Summary includes coverage, recency, and bias of search engines, web size and contents. NEC Research
Institute studies.
http://wwwmetrics.com/
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Search Tools Chart
InFoPeople comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features.
http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html
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Mount Everest Project
One person's experiment as to how different search engines respond to the search term "Mount
Everest."
http://techna.net/temp/me.htm
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PPC-Search Engines
Publishes articles and news about pay per click search engines.
http://www.ppc-searchengines.info/
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