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Ixquick is an example of a metasearch engine. |
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Reproduced with permission from Ixquick. |
Metasearch
engines search the databases of several search engines at a time (e.g.,
HotBot, Excite, and Yahoo).
Most eliminate duplicate listings. Usually, you have little control over search options. |
Best for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines
will produce the best results, and for simple searches.
Other metasearch engines: Dogpile, MetaFind, MetaCrawler, WebCrawler, and Excite. |
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Downside, they aren't thorough. Most metasearch engines omit Google,
which is a highly-rated search engine.
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