[WEB4LIB] metasearch engines

[Margaret Gross]

Nicholas, if you want to do metasearches of the net, you should try
Infoseek Express.

http://express.infoseek.com/subdocuments/expressdetails.html

This is search software that is installed locally. It searches Alta Vista
Excite, Hotbot, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler, Yahoo. You can search all the
preceding simultaneously, individually or in any combination. Duplicates
are filtered out, and the output is ranked by relevancy. The software is
free, and very effective for finding information.

I have no ties to Infoseek, and the above opinions are merely those of a
satisfied user.

Margaret Gross
Montreal Canada

On Fri, 23 Oct 1998, Nicholas Tomaiuolo wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
> Having used many search engines over a long time period, I am becoming
> more interested in metasearch engines (i.e., Dogpile, Metacrawler,
> Inference Find).  Because we possibly all agree that it is necessary to
> search more than one engine for the most comprehensive results, I am
> wondering why metasearch tools aren't used exclusively.
> 
> I have observed students at the college where I work using Lycos,
> InfoSeek, Yahoo, and AltaVista.  Once in awhile I'll see someone using
> Dogpile.  But I don't see the metasearch engines being used very
> extensively.
> 
> Could I elicit views and opinions from you addressing the
-> appropriateness of metasearch engine versus single engine use?
> 
> Also, would the list care to comment on the features and advantages of
> the meta engines in general or any specifically?
> 
> I'd like to compile a list of addresses of as many metasearch engines as
> possible besides the three I've mentioned.  Can you help?
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Nick Tomaiuolo
> Central CT State University
> New Britain, CT 06050
> 860-832-2068
> 
>