Google.com - The Google Search Engine
Google is by far the most popular-- and thus most important--
search engine on the web today. The development of "Google
PR" or "PageRank", a method of determining website popularity
based on probability mathematics, coupled with an early partnership
with Yahoo.com, quickly secured Google as the single world
leader in internet "web" search engine technology. Today, Google
powers more than 70% of web searches conducted in the United
States.
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Google Search Engine
Search.msn.com - The Microsoft
Search Engine
Microsoft Search is the between the 2nd and 4th most popular
search engine, largely due to the integrated search feature
embedded in the internet explorer browser that ships with Microsoft
Windows. Aside from auto-searches performed from a user's browser,
MSN drives extensive traffic to it's dedicated search portal
through the MSNBC News website, the hotmail web e-mail portal,
and the microsoft.com corporate website. Microsoft has never
dedicated significant resources to search engine developement,
but all of that is about to change.
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Microsoft Search Engine
Alltheweb.com - FAST Search
and Transfer
FAST Search and Transfer powers one of the most sophisticated
search engines on the net. Featuring fast updates to its index
of websites, an intuitive interface, and extremely advanced
complex search features, Alltheweb is likely to continue to
gain momentum as the search portal of choice for users.
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Search Engine
DMOZ - The Open
Directory Project
DMOZ, also known as ODP, is the most popular human edited directory
of websites on the internet. The ODP is intuitively organized
by a category system that lists websites by subject or by region.
Visitors are able to browse the directory by category or use
the dmoz search engine to find websites. Volunteer editors are
responsible for maintaining categories, and webmasters can submit
sites for review and inclusion. The primary significance of
the Open Directory Project can be found in the DMOZ - Google
relationship. DMOZ results are listed by the Google Search engine,
and websites that are currently listed in both DMOZ and Google
gain preferential treatment in the google search results. Under
certain conditions, a DMOZ listing can significantly impact
the Google search algorithm in terms of search engine rankings.
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Alexa Web Search
Alexa Web Search, owned by Amazon, is a search portal that
tracks website popularity and traffic statistics by monitoring
the web surfing habits of Alexa Toolbar users. Users download
a small program which installs in the user's browser. The primary
significance of Alexa is the Alexa - Google relationship that
has been developing through a partnership program. Google powers
the Alexa web search, and Google is currently testing Alexa
web comments for use in the Google search engine results. Alexa
Web Search also links into the archive.org internet archive
project, which archives websites by saving time-stamped copies
of web pages.
Yahoo Web Search
Previously powered by the Google Search Engine, Yahoo has
recently been powering up for the beginning of the search engine
showdown, estimated to begin in the first quarter of 2005.
The "Yahoo Slurper" search spider was introduced shortly after
Yahoo aquired the Inktomi search engine.
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Search Engine
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