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 <title>Meta Search Engines || Fagan Finder</title>
 <dateModified>Tue, 15 Jun 2004</dateModified>
 <ownerName>Michael Fagan</ownerName>
 <ownerEmail>mfagan@gmail.com</ownerEmail>
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<outline type="rss" text="Changes to &#8216;Meta Search Engines&#8217;" description="This page describes the changes and updates to the &#8216;Meta Search Engines&#8217; page on Fagan Finder." url="http://www.faganfinder.com/meta/changes/" xmlUrl="http://www.faganfinder.com/meta/changes/?display=rss" />

<outline text="Search Tools">
 <outline text="Feature-Rich">
  <outline type="link" text="ez2Find" description="ez2Find searches through (customizeable) Google, AlltheWeb, AltaVista, MSN, Teoma, WiseNut, Yahoo, and the Open Directory. It also offers clustering of results by keywords, Open Directory categories (on a branded version of the directory), specific metasearch engines, and other portal features." url="http://www.ez2find.com/" best="true" faganID="ez2find" />
  <outline type="link" text="Fazzle" description="Fazzle includes results from AltaVista, Teoma, Yahoo, MSN, and Netscape by default. Metasearches are also offered for a large number of specialty areas. Fazzle&#8217;s many features include e-mailing of search results, different methods of sorting results, opening of result pages in an embeded frame, and saving of results. Makes extensive use of Javascript." url="http://www.fazzle.com" faganID="fazzle" />
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 <outline text="Standard">
  <outline type="link" text="ZapMeta" description="ZapMeta includes results from Yahoo, AOL, MSN, AlltheWeb, the Yahoo Directory, WiseNut, and others. Each result links to information about it, can be opened in an embeded frame, and may (off by default) display a thumbnail image. Related search terms are shown on the right, and Open Directory categories on the bottom." url="http://www.zapmeta.com/" best="true" faganID="zapmet" />
  <outline type="link" text="Metaseek" description="Metaseek includes results from AlltheWeb, AltaVista, Yahoo, and others. It also offers clustering of results by key phrases, shown on the right. Metaseek also has meta search engines for images, news, software, MP3s, and FTP, as well as a number of other languages." url="http://www.pcdigest.net/metasearch/en/main.shtml" faganID="mseek" />
  <outline type="link" text="Mamma" description="Mamma includes results from, among others, Google, MSN, Teoma, Gigablast, Entireweb, and the Open Directory. It also offers clustering of results by keywords." url="http://www.mamma.com/" faganID="mamma" />
  <outline type="link" text="CurryGuide" description="CurryGuide includes results from Yahoo, Lycos, MSN, WiseNut, Teoma, and others. " url="http://www.curryguide.com/" faganID="curry" />
  <outline type="link" text="Vinden" description="Although in Dutch, Vinden is fully useable for English speakers. It includes results from Google, WiseNut, AlltheWeb, MSN, Yahoo, and others. Also shows Open Directory categories." url="http://www.vinden.nl/" faganID="vinden" />
  <outline type="link" text="Ithaki" description="Ithaki includes results from Google, Yahoo, AlltheWeb, AltaVista, MSN, and the Open Directory. Ithaki also includes a number of specialized and country-specific metasearches." url="http://www.ithaki.net/" faganID="ithaki" />
  <outline type="link" text="metaEureka" description="metaEureka includes results from AOL, the Open Directory, AlltheWeb, LookSmart, MSN, Netscape, WiseNut, and others. It also offers clustering of results by keywords, Open Directory category results, and information and links about each search result." url="http://www.metaeureka.com/" faganID="eureka" />
  <outline type="link" text="topXplorer" description="Although topXplorer is German, the search results are completely useable for English speakers. It includes results from Google, Teoma, WiseNut, LookSmart, AltaVista, Inktomi, and AlltheWeb." url="http://www.topxplorer.de/" faganID="topxp" />
  <outline type="link" text="Search.com" description="Search.com, part of the CNET Network, searches through Google, MSN, WiseNut, the Open Directory, and other sources. In addition to searching for web pages, there are tons of specialty metasearches, each with customizeable sources. Results have the option of displaying website thumbnail images, powered by ThumbShots." url="http://www.search.com/" faganID="searchcom" />
  <outline type="link" text="Ixquick" description="Ixquick searches through Netscape, Gigablast, Teoma, LookSmart, MSN, WiseNut, the Open Directory, and others (customizeable)." url="http://www.ixquick.com/" faganID="ixquick" />
  <outline type="link" text="MyProwler" description="MyProwler includes results from Teoma, WiseNut, Lycos, MSN, Yahoo, the Open Directory, AlltheWeb, Inktomi, and others. Thumbnail images are shown next to search results, where available." url="http://www.myprowler.com/" faganID="prowl" />
  <outline type="link" text="KaZaZZ" description="KaZAZZ includes results from Yahoo, AltaVista, AlltheWeb, MSN, and others. Each search result links to information about it." url="http://www.kazazz.com/" faganID="kaz" />
  <outline type="link" text="Info.com" description="Info.com claims to include results from Google, Teoma, AltaVista, Yahoo, LookSmart, the Open Directory, and others. Both these results and sponsored results are shown (on the left and right respectively). The advanced search seems fairly advanced, but is oddly identical to the advanced search on InfoSpace&#8217;s web properties." url="http://www.info.com/" faganID="info" />
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 <outline text="Unique">
  <outline type="link" text="SurfWax" description="SurfWax searches through Yahoo, MSN, AOL, LookSmart, WiseNut, CNN, Yahoo News, and Encarta. By default, only titles (not descriptions) are shown. SurfWax also includes &#8216;SiteSnaps&#8217; which show a lot of additional information about each search result, and keywords to help refine your query." url="http://www.surfwax.com/" best="true" faganID="surfwax" />
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 <outline text="Topic Clustered">
  <outline type="link" text="Viv&#0237;simo" description="Viv&#0237;simo includes results from Lycos, MSN, WiseNut, LookSmart, and the Open Directory. Its strongest asset is its clustering of results into a hierarchy of categories, which are shown on a left frame. Each result can be &#8216;previewed&#8217; in an embeded frame. Viv&#0237;simo also has clustered searches for news and a large number of other websites." url="http://vivisimo.com/" best="true" faganID="viv" />
  <outline type="link" text="Query Server" description="Run by Open Text Corporation, Query Server includes results from AOL, MSN, the Open Directory, WiseNut, SearchHippo, and others. By default, the search results are clustered by keywords. Preferences lets you choose sources, clustering, results display, and other options. Query Server also has metasearches for news, health, and the US government." url="http://www.queryserver.com/web.htm" faganID="qserver" />
  <outline type="link" text="iBoogie" description="iBoogie includes results from Yahoo, MSN, AlltheWeb, Teoma, WiseNut, and AltaVista. Just like Viv&#0237;simo, its strongest asset is its clustering of results into a hierarchy of categories, which are shown on a left frame." url="http://www.iboogie.com/" faganID="iboog" />
  <outline type="link" text="Infonetware" description="Infonetware includes results from MSN, AltaVista, Lycos, and others. Results are also grouped into categories shown on the left, and one or more of them can be viewed at a time. Each search result can be added to a &#8216;shortlist&#8217; which can then be e-mailed to anyone. There is also a meta search for news." url="http://www.infonetware.com/" faganID="infonet" />
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 <outline text="Engine Sorted">
  <outline type="link" text="Searchy.com" description="Searchy.com, which includes results from Google, Teoma, AltaVista, MSN, Netscape, and others, doesn&#8217;t have the benefit of organizing the results from different sources together. It is still a good tool though, and has a nice clean interface." url="http://www.searchy.com/" best="true" faganID="search" />
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<outline text="Links">
 <outline text="Inside Fagan Finder" type="link" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/">
  <outline type="link" text="Meta Search Information" description="" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/search/meta.shtml" />
  <outline type="link" text="Topic Clustering" description="" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/search/clustering.shtml" />
  <outline type="link" text="Web Search Engines" description="" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/engines/" />
  <outline type="link" text="Web Directories" description="" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/dir/" />
  <outline type="link" text="Kids Search Tools" description="" url="http://www.faganfinder.com/kids/" />
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 <outline text="Miscellaneous">
  <outline type="link" text="ProFusion" description="While their general meta search tool is not of high quality, ProFusion (by Intelliseek) includes useful meta search tools for a large number of specialized areas." url="http://www.profusion.com/" />
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