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If you're in
a hurry, just click away, but
to
achieve the best
results,
read
everything first,
then come
back here & click
Web Searching Tips
before you begin your journey.
(Once
you understand the search engines,
Click
here to get a concise
page with
all the below search engines)
T hrough
this portal you'll have your best chance
of using the Web to gather knowledge, efficiently.
The
sources here are as deep and rich
as you'll find anywhere.
Only now, you'll know how to use them.
It will reach a point where you'll feel like you're
on the receiving end of a black hole in outer space
gathering everything possible that comes near it.
Only now you'll be absorbing bits & bytes
of knowledge from everywhere.
Meta-Search Engines
Mamma IX
Quick MetaCrawler
These send your query simultaneously to
many different
major search engines like
Alta Vista,
Yahoo,
Lycos, etc.
These meta engines give the
most relevant results
according to major US publications.
Each "popular" search engine only finds
a small percentage of Web sites,
the best can only index about 33%
of all the Web's pages,
but when run together with other engines,
they take you to many more sites.
Elusive information can often
be found quickly with these tools.
However, if you don't find an
answer with any of those, move on.
Best-Rated Individual Engines
Google
is fast and
considered the best on the web.These are rated the best by
major publications.
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HotBot
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All
Experts If you still can't find what you
are looking for,
it probably is not out on the web,
or is not indexed by any search engine yet.
But, don't give up until you've tried as
many engines as possible,
especially the meta-engines.
Here are other types of
search engines/data sources
you may find useful.
People Search Engines
If you have caller-ID, you can find out
who's calling you along with
their addresses &
maps to their homes/businesses.
How cool is that?
Reverse Phone Number Look Up
Try these other people search
engines.
Anywho
Whitepages
Zabasearch
Find
People
Shopping Search Engines
Here's engines that will save you money
on movies, music & books
by giving you the USA's lowest
prices including shipping.
Movies/Books
Music
Maps
Find locations all over the world
then zoom in & out on them.
Google Maps
Expedia
Maps on US
Mapquest
Yahoo Maps
Meta-Search of over 900
Dictionaries Worldwide
This speaks for itself.
Onelook
Free Encyclopedia
Remember when we (or our parents)
paid big bucks
for encyclopedia books?
Well, the Web has produced
free versions now.
And you can search through these, too.
Britannica
The Electric Library Encyclopedia
In case you never realized it,
encyclopedia contain
our entire human experience &
what we've achieved to date.
Autos, Autos, Autos
Sell or buy a car at
Cars.com
(Be careful. If you use their service to locate a dealer,
your email inbox will become full of junk mail.)
CARFAX
Provides a prior history report &
gives speedometer accuracy info,
prior ownership, accident reports.
Very Helpful!
These provide links to sites
that provide "book values"
for New and Used Cars
Edmund's
Kelley Blue Book
NADA
CarPrices.com
Autoweb
This
provides vehicle recall data & Govt safety issues
National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration
These are
more places where you can find
new and used cars for sale.
CarsDirect.com
iMotors
InvoiceDealers
Vehix
Here's Car
Advice from those two brothers,
"Click & Clack," heard on the radio.
Car Talk
All Sorts
of Auto Info for buying, selling
leasing, repairing along with quotes & rebates
CarInfo
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