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HotBot isn't the only Web site that lets you search multiple search engines. It isn't even the best at doing this. That's because the top meta-search engines not only let you search multiple sites with a single query, but they also combine the results onto a single search results page. (HotBot doesn't.)
If you're interested in checking out some meta-search sites, take a look at Table 10-1, which lists the major meta-searchers, along with what sites they search. All of these sites consolidate their results into a single list and eliminate duplicate listings from the different search engines.
Table 10-1: Top Meta-Search Sites
Meta-Search Site URL Searches These Sites:
Dogpile www.dogpile.comAbout.com
AllTheWeb AltaVista
Ask Jeeves/Teoma
FindWhat
LookSmart
Overture
Yahoo! Directory continued
Table 10-1 (continued)
Meta-Search Site URL Searches These Sites:
GoGettem www.gogettem.com AllTheWeb
AltaVista HotBot (Inktomi) Open Directory Teoma
Yahoo! Directory Yahoo! (Google)
Mamma www.mamma.comAbout.com
Business.com FindWhat LookSmart MSN Search Open Directory Teoma
MetaCrawler www.metacrawler.com AllTheWeb
Ask Jeeves AstraWeb BoardReader Ditto
FindWhat
Inktomi
LookSmart
MP3Board
Open Directory
Overture
PriceGrabber
Search.com www.search.comAbout.com
AltaVista Ask Jeeves Britannica.com Business.com CNET Shopper FindWhat Kanoodle LookSmart My Simon Open Directory Overture Sprinks Surf Point Thunderstone Wisenut
Yahoo! Directory
And then there's Excite. As you learned in Chapter 4, Excite searches 11 different search sites (About.com, AllTheWeb, Ask Jeeves, FindWhat, Google, Inktomi, LookSmart, the Open Directory, Overture, Search Hippo, and Sprinks), and it combines the results into a single search list. This makes Excite one of the best of the meta-search sites—even though it's technically a portal!
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