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A meta-search engine is a search engine that sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and returns the results from each one. They allow users to enter their search criteria only one time and access several search engines simultaneously. Since it is hard to catalog the entire web, the idea is that by searching multiple search engines you are able to search more of the web in less time and do it with only one click. The ease of use and high probability of finding the desired page(s) make metasearch engines popular with those who are willing to weed through the lists of irrelevant 'matches'. Another use is to get at least some results when no result had been obtained with traditional search engines.
Metasearch engines create what is known as a virtual database. They do not compile a physical database or catalog the web. Instead, they take a user's request, pass it to several other heterogeneous databases and then compile the results in a homogeneous manner based on a specific algorithm.
No two metasearch engines are alike. Some only search the most popular search engines while others also search lesser-known engines, newsgroups and other databases. They also differ in how the results are presented and the quantity of engines that are used. Some will list results according to search engine or database. Others return results according to relevance, often concealing which search engine returned which results. This benefits the user by eliminating duplicate hits and grouping the most relevant ones at the top of the list. Ithaki.net uses more than 450 different engines to find results while Dogpile, allows users the flexibility to choose exactly how results are presented. Another metasearch engine, Qksearch, will let users search using any of the 3 commonly deployed metasearch methods. Yet another meta search engine, LemmeFind processes and ranks the results from the primary search engines using its own (yet unpublished) methods and presents them to the users in a straight forward fashion.
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Online travel booking finally catching on in Europe. Lagging US, Europeans are increasingly using OTA's and metasearch. http://bit.ly/6iskR8
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Online travel booking finally catching on in Europe. Lagging US, Europeans are increasingly using OTA's and metasearch. http://bit.ly/6iskR8
Academic Index - Provides access to academic reference and research sites recommended by teachers and librarians. Select from web pages, periodicals, United States history, or science and technology.
Meta Description: [ a selective metasearch engine accessing academic reference and research sites recommended by teachers, librarians and educational and library consortia ]
Answers.com - An ad-supported reference search service, which displays concise answers drawn from over 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries and atlases.
Meta Description: [ Answers.com - the ultimate answer engine, with quick accurate dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, bios, tech terms, news, sports, weather, and much more. ]
Clusty - This search tool from Vivísimo offers clustered results for a selection of searches. Metasearch the whole web, or use tabs to search for news, gossip, images, or products. Options to search Wikipedia, blogs and Slashdot.
Meta Description: [ Too many search results? Clusty it! ]
Fazzle - Multifeatured metasearcher with English, French and Dutch interfaces. Options include search by phrase, title or Boolean queries, and a choice of engines. Free registration gives access to additional functions.
Meta Description: [ Critically acclaimed as one of the World's best search engines. Multi-lingual, Invisible Web, US, Canadian, UK, French, and Dutch regional searches. ]
Gnome - Queries multiple search engines simultaneously with the same or different words. Options include serving results separately, interleaved or combined in alphabetical order.
Meta Description: [ Search Engine, Portal, Directory, Business Intelligence, Dynamic Content Solutions Provider, News, Headlines. Search Millions of Sites. ]
IcySpicy - Fetches results from several search engines sorted by relevance, source or title. Options include query by phrase, family filter, and hide summaries.
Meta Description: [ Web Directory, Web Portal and Meta Search Engine. IcySpicy.Com provides 'Daily Dose of Everything'. ]
Infonetware - A demonstration of RealTerm technology applied to Internet search. It submits your query to various search engines and then sorts the combined results into topics.
Ipile - Searches over dozen search engines, auctions, jobs, MP3, the bible, forums, news, and stock quotes.
Meta Description: [ Ipile is a powerful meta search engine that combines the searching power of the Internet's top search engines. ]
Ithaki Metasearch - Employs an intelligent technology to find relevant search results from hundreds of search engines and directories. Allows advanced search commands. Several languages and country-specific searches.
Meta Description: [ Intelligent search technology to find web pages from hundreds of search engines and directories worldwide. Allows advanced search commands. Wireless version available. ]
Ixquick - Searches the web, MP3s, pictures and news archives via regular, Boolean and natural language. Finds sites rated best by multiple engines for your query.
Meta Description: [ Ixquick submits your search to the major search engines and finds sites that are universally ranked in the top ten! ]
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Jackfruit - Metasearch engine which delivers search results from multiple sources. Results have direct links to source.
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JS Search - Offers a meta search of the Web, auctions or music, using a set of popular engines.
Meta Description: [ Meta web search, auction search, music search, online portal and more ]
Karnak - Compiles information from multiple sources, weeds out dead and questionable links, stores findings in a personal library, and provides a summarized report. Registration is required. Free for a trial period.
Meta Description: [ Karnak, your personal Internet research assistant. ]
Kartoo - Displays results in chart or classic list form. Options include different language interfaces and basic or expert version.
Meta Description: [ KartOO is a metasearch engine with visual display interfaces. When you click on OK, KartOO launches the query to a set of search engines, gathers the results, compiles them and represents them in a series of interactive maps through a proprietary algorithm. ]
KillerInfo - Search tool with a side bar that categorizes subjects within the results. Provides choice of channels including news, reference and business.
Metabear - Offers metasearch of the world or the Russian Web, FTP, and multi-media.
Meta Description: [ MetaBear.ru - Most powerful Meta-Search Engine on the Web! ]
MetaEureka - Search multiple engines and ODP directory.
Meta Description: [ MetaEUREKA metasearch - Search at once more than 40 search engines, and get a freeware toolbar with 50 usefull tools! ]
MetaStrike - Allows single interface to search multiple search engines with duplicates filtered out. Results list search engine sources.
Meta Description: [ Meta Strike, Web Advanced Meta Engine ]
Mooter - Clusters search results. It presents a diagram of themes within the results, from which the user can select one or all results. Options to search Australian sites only or the full Web.
MyProwler - Customizable meta-search with clustered results. Provides deep or fast search of the whole Web. Selection also includes downloads, auctions, kids sites, recipes or United States government. In each case, there is a choice of sources used.
Meta Description: [ Providing relevant and on-target listings gathered from the largest search engines and directories on the web. Features include our own database where you can add your website, metasearch in categories to narrow your search, natural language and boolean query, and presented in an easy to read for... ]
Myriad Search - Combines the results of Google, Yahoo, MSN Search and Ask Jeeves in one advertisement-free stream, highlighted to show the source of each result. The user can exclude selected engines, or select the ratio of results from them.
Onimeta - Creates a combined index from major search engines and directories. Each result comes with an option to find similar sites.
Meta Description: [ Onimeta Search, Returns The Combined Top Results From Multiple Search Engines. ]
ProFusion - Customizable service that uses the fastest search engines by default or lets you select from a list. Includes vertical search groups for a number of topics.
Qksearch - Provides web, images, mp3, jobs, and news search in 6 different languages.
Meta Description: [ Elegant metasearch engine with document clustering. Search the web for images, news, auctions, jobs, music, mp3. ]
Query Server - Queries a customizable set of search engines and returns a single merged, ranked and conceptually clustered list. Also offers metasearch of news, health, money and United States government sites.
Meta Description: [ Livelink ECM - Federated Query Server from Open Text is a powerful federated search product that unifies access to multiple internal and external information sources. ]
Search66 - Metasearches the whole Web or restricts search between some countries. Duplicate results are eliminated and these from the same domain clustered.
Meta Description: [ Search66 is Australia's parallel search engine. Find what you're looking for on the Net in Australia (or the world) first time - every time! ]
Searches - Options include choice between top and all engines, sorting by relevance, source, or title.
Searchy - Queries major search engines and serves the results in a sequence of 10 per source in the default setting. Advanced options include combined results and choice of engine.
Meta Description: [ Search the top world internet search engines at the same time! ]
Seekz - Non-commercial metasearch. Results are merged, with pages from the same website grouped together. Each result has links to a site preview, Alexa information and site history in the Internet Archive, plus data on its placing in the search engines.
Meta Description: [ Meta search engine queries multiple web search engines. Website results are merged, ordered by relevance and pages from the same site are clustered together. ]
Sitehunting - Offers customizable search combining and ranking results from major search engines with highlighted terms and links to site information from Alexa.
Meta Description: [ SiteHunting.com: powerful metasearch engine. Search dozens of categorized search engines at once. Offers free, customized meta search solution for webmasters. ]
SurfWax - Meta-search engine that provides real-time page summaries - 'site snaps'. Those who open free accounts can select from a list of hundreds of search sources, and save and share what they find.
Meta Description: [ SurfWax. ]
Turbo 10 - Metasearch engine, offering results from user chosen groups of search engines.
Ubbo - Search tool with a simple interface and no advertising.
Meta Description: [ Social Metasearch Engine ]
Widow Metasearch - Provides search by words or phrase and directory taken from the Open Directory. Includes straightforward interface that makes it easy to select search engines.
Meta Description: [ Widow Meta Search Engine - Search multiple sites simultaneously. Specialty searches include web search, video search, image Search, blog search, mp3 search, job search, and more. Experience Web 2.0 style clustered search results from a meta search search engine. ]
WindSeek - Metasearch engine with a simple interface. Results show ranking from each source.
Meta Description: [ WindSeek.com - Search multiple search engines with one! The Next Generation Meta Search Engine! ]
Yooci - Supports multiple languages: English, German, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish and Dutch.
Meta Description: [ Yooci queries major search engines and finds results that are universally ranked in the top 100. So you get better results from more of the web. RSS-Feed available. ]
Zworks - Searches several popular search engines simultaneously or individually. Results are collated and ranked for relevancy with redundancies removed, includes filtered, Boolean and advanced options.
Meta Description: [ Zworks MetaSearch - Search the major search engines for clean, comprehensive searches of the web. ]
Answers.com - An ad-supported reference search service, which displays concise answers drawn from over 100 encyclopedias, dictionaries, glossaries and atlases.
Meta Description: [ Answers.com - the ultimate answer engine, with quick accurate dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, bios, tech terms, news, sports, weather, and much more. ]
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