Search Engines/Popular Search Engines

There are many search engines available online. The top visited sites include multiples features beside search-ability. Some search engines are specific to a subject or file type. Also there are search sites called meta-search engines, which offer the ability to search multiple search engine sites with all the results listed on one page.

Search Engines are popular among students as an academic research tool.

Top 4 search sites worldwide:

• Google – search websites, patents, products, books, and much more.Over 50 major features.
• Yahoo – search websites. Includes directory and news portals. Includes community questions and answers.
• Ask – search websites provides multiple search results.
• Live Search – An MSN site.

Unique search engines by specific subject:

• Getdocs.com – search by document type such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint search 30 file types.

Meta search engines

• Clusty - relevant keyword suggestions menu part of Vivisimo

Other popular search engines

• Yandex
• DuckDuckgo