AltaVista
Customizable, can do Boolean search terms, and you can narrow searches to specific areas like news or discussion groups.

Excite
Can view results by web page titles only, or by web page with a brief description of the page.

Google
Lack of graphics and banners makes this web page easy to download. Google provides detailed information of search results and ranks the appropriateness of sites based on the number of pages on the Web that link to it.

Metacrawler (Metasearch site)
Simultaneously searches other search engines (i.e., Yahoo!, Google) for information and links.

Search Engine Watch
Site with search engine reviews, a directory of specialty engines, and search tutorials.

Vivisimo (Metasearch site)
Provides not only a list of results, but also "clusters" findings into category-specific folders.

Yahoo!
Breaks information down into topic categories or clusters.

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