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Metasearch Engines 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. |
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Other metasearch engines: Dogpile, MetaCrawler, and SavySearch. |
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Best
for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines
will produce the best results, and for simple searches.
Downside, they aren't thorough. Most metasearch engines omit
Google, which is a highly-rated search engine. |
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