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Internet Search Tools

  • Google One of the most popular and comprehensive search engines. Images can be searched in addition to webpages and webpages can be automatically translated into a number of languages.
  • Yahoo! Another large search engine as well as a news and general information portal.
  • AltaVista Similar to Google, but with somewhat less coverage. Its advanced search allows for better searching by the expert user. Images, audio, and video can be searched.
  • AlltheWeb Another all-purpose web search engine. Its advanced search option allows for highly specific searches.
  • Dogpile A search engine that searches several other search engines. Useful if getting absolutely everything is important, but can return a lot of hits. Images and multimedia can be searched as well as webpages.

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