Where Are the Major Search Sites?
There are about a dozen, general-purpose search sites out there, and many, many more specialized search sites.
Table 13.1 lists the major players. You can visit any search site by entering its URL.
| Tool | URL |
|---|---|
| Yahoo! | www.yahoo.com |
| Excite | www.excite.com |
| AltaVista | www.altavista.com |
| Lycos | www.lycos.com |
| www.google.com | |
| WebCrawler | www.webcrawler.com |
| Ask Jeeves | www.askjeeves.com |
| GoTo | www.goto.com |
Note that a few of the search sites listed in Table 13.1 are also Web portals, pages that are popular as home pages because they provide easy access to searching, news, and other popular services. Two other popular portals not only offer searches, but actually let you use several different popular search ...
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