META SEARCH The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
Placed in Website Design | March 2nd, 2010
First, a definition. Summarized Meta-Search – a search tool that queries multiple search engines and / or web directories simultaneously and returning the results into one list without the duplicate links.
Confused? Let me give you an example. Say it is a meta search engine, you’ve discovered recently that the two search engines like Google and Yahoo. After these two search engines and returns the combined results for you, without duplicates (results that are displayed on both engines). Sounds nice, right? Well, there are pros and cons with meta-search, the user must be aware so that its users as productive as possible.
THE PROS
Meta-Search is faster and saves users time by allowing you to query multiple search engines and directories rather than typing in a single query in any search engine you want to get results . Webmasters will find meta-research is extremely valuable in examining their entries in the site’s pages, backlinks, keyword ranking, etc. All other things, that the research would be organized and metadata search find a must-have too.
THE CONS
Most, not all do not allow meta-research, Web site templates. This is because most will not have its own database of listings and site activities. Just get the results of other search engines. Because most meta-research application somewhere for 4 to 12 search engines and directories, and not all allow Boolean searching, meta-research, therefore, many will not allow Boolean searching. (Seaching using Boolean operators such as AND, OR, quotation marks and plus / minus).
The META SEARCH ENGINES
Meta search engines are available in a variety of forms. The meta-standard applicants simply queries several engines and returns results on one page. Other findings in this report examined each engine separately or by themselves on a single page or opening multiple
Browser windows, each with results from another engine. And another kind, which are generally known as an all-in-one search, you can find many different search engines, but one engine at a time.
STANDARD META Searchers: OLD SCHOOL
These are some “Oldies but Goodies.” These engines have been there for years and are very popular.
http://www.dogpile.com – Dogpile
http://www.mammma.com – Mamma
http://www.metacrawler.com – MetaCrawler
http://www.metasearch.com – Metasearch
http://www.metaeureka.com – MetaEureka
http://www.multimeta.com – Multimeter
http://www.search.com – Search.com
http://www.supercrawler.com – Super Crawler
http://www.webcrawler.com – WebCrawler
http://www.vivissimo.com – Vivissimo
http://www.zapmeta.com – ZapMeta
STANDARD META RESEARCH: A NEW SCHOOL
Below are excellent examples of recent meta-search engines. Many interesting features are reserved for advanced users.
http://www.clusty.com – Clusty
http://www.ez2find.com – ez2find
http://www.huntitout.com – Hunt It Out
http://www.iboogie.com – IBoogie
http://www.intelibuzz.com – Intelibuzz
http://www.ithaki.net – Ithaki
http://www.ixquick.com – IxQuick
http://www.killerinfo.com – Killer Info
http://www.myprowler.com – MyProwler
http://www.turbo10.com – Turbo10
http://www.webclust.com – WebCluster
http://www.windseek.com – Windseeker
ALL-IN-ONE search pages
Below are excellent examples of what I’m all-in-One Search Pages.
http://www.allsearches.net – AllSearches
- Http://www.multi-search-engine.com Multi-Search Engine
http://www.queryster.com – Queryster>
http://www.search22.com – Search22
http://www.searchalot.com – Searchalot
http://www.searchezee.com – SearchEzee
http://www.portprophecy.com – Port Prophecy
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