$_$_TITLE Search engine URLs
$_$_DESCRIPTION This page lists the search engines we know and love, with links
$_$_DESCRIPTION to their options and help pages
$_$_CHANGE_POLICY Short line length: 200
$_$_CHANGE_POLICY Preserve line structure : yes
[[HTML
URLs for all the major search engines
]]
For each site we list - where available - any advanced search page, advance
help page and the submit URL page. A fuller version of this page can be found
[search_engines].
*Please report any broken links to search@jafsoft.com*
$_$_CONTENTS_LIST
Major search engines
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www.alltheweb.com
Help: http://www.alltheweb.com/help.html
Add domain: http://www.fast.no/documents/atw/
You can read about Fast at http://www.fast.no/company.html
www.altavista.com
Help: http://www.altavista.com/av/content/help_advanced.htm
Add URL: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=addurl
Text-only: http://www.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=q&text=yes
Translation: http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com/cgi-bin/translate.
www.dejanews.com
Advanced: http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml
Help: http://www.dejanews.com/help/help_ps.shtml
www.excite.com
Advanced: http://www.excite.com/Info/searching3.html
Add URL: http://www.excite.com/info/add_url/
http://magellan.excite.com/
Help: http://magellan.excite.com/magellan/Info/advancedtips.html
Add URL: http://magellan.excite.com/info/add_url
www.google.com
Help: http://www.google.com/help.html
Add URL: http://www.google.com/addurl
About: http://www.google.com/why_use.html
www.hotbot.com
Advanced: http://www.hotbot.com/?MT=&SM=MC&DV=0&LG=any&DC=10&DE=2&_v=2&OPs=MDRTP&act.super.x=151&act.super.y=23
Help: http://www.hotbot.com/help/tips/search_features.asp
Add URL: http://www.hotbot.com/addurl.asp
Text-only: http://hotbot.lycos.com/text/
www.infoseek.com
Advanced: http://infoseek.go.com/find?pg=advanced_www.html&ud9=advanced_www
Help: http://infoseek.go.com/Help?pg=SearchTips.html
Add URL: http://infoseek.go.com/AddUrl?pg=SubmitUrl.html
www.lycos.com
Advanced: http://www.lycos.co.uk/search/options.html
Add URL: http://www.lycos.co.uk/service/addasite.html
www.northernlight.com
Power search: http://www.northernlight.com/power.html
Help: http://www.northernlight.com/docs/search_help_optimize.html
Add URL: http://www.northernlight.com/docs/regurl_help.html
http://ragingsearch.altavista.com/
Help: http://ragingsearch.altavista.com/cgi-bin/query?pg=acc&v=help
Customize: http://doc.altavista.com/raging-custom/results.html
www.subjex.com
About: http://www.subjex.com/about.html
Add URL: http://www.subjex.com/addapage.html
www.supersnooper.com
Read about Super Snooper at http://www.supersnooper.com/AboutDisclaim.htm
Check your URL at http://www.supersnooper.com/CheckURL.htm
Add your URL at http://www.supersnooper.com/AddURL.htm
probably because of their relationship with www.coolsites.net.
www.topclick.com
Help: http://www.topclick.com/search_tips_basic.html
Advanced search help is at http://www.topclick.com/search_tips_advanced.html
Add URL (to Google) http://www.topclick.com/add_url.html
http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/websearch/
Help: http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/websearch/about.html
Add URL: http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/modify/modify.html
www.viola.com
Advances search: http://www.voila.fr/sop?refine=ok&lg=UK
Help: http://www.voila.com/Informations/
Add URL : http://www.voila.com/Info/addsite.html
www.webcrawler.com
Add URL at http://www.webcrawler.com/info/add_url/
www.whatuseek.com
Add URL at http://www.whatUseek.com/noshock/addurl-tableset.shtml
Pay-per-click sites
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www.findwhat.com
Help: http://www.findwhat.com/static/help_search.html
Promote: http://www.findwhat.com/static/ab_promote.html
www.goto.com
Help: http://iwww.goto.com/d/about/
Promote: http://iwww.goto.com/d/about/advertisers/
www.kanoodle.com
Add listings: https://safe.kanoodle.com/client_services/listings/
About: http://www.kanoodle.com/about/about.html
Sign up: https://safe.kanoodle.com:8443/signup.jhtml
www.rocketlinks.com or www.bay9.com
Add site: http://www.bay9.com/enter.cgi?link=&clicktrade=
Sign up: http://www.bay9.com/cgi-local/step1.cgi?link=&clicktrade=
www.searchcactus.com
Help: http://www.searchcactus.com/tips.asp
Promote your site: http://www.searchcactus.com/advertiser/
FAQ: http://www.searchcactus.com/advertiser/faq.asp
www.searchhound.com
Submit URL: http://www.searchhound.com/Pages/submit.htm
Make bids at https://www.searchhound.com/Pages/bids.htm
www.sprinks.com
Promote: http://sprinks.about.com/
www.wordpond.com
Help: https://security.publicate.com/wordpond/help.asp
FAQ: https://security.publicate.com/wordpond/faq.asp
Meta-crawlers
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www.askjeveeves.com
Help: http://www.askjeeves.com/docs/help.html
www.c4.com
Help: http://www.c4.com/help.html
Add URL: http://www.c4.com/listed.html
www.debriefing.com
Add URL: http://www.ineedhits.com/add-it/pro/
www.dogpile.com
Help: http://www.dogpile.com/notes.html
www.gohip.com
www.ignifuge.com
www.ixquick.com
Help: http://ixquick.com/power_search_techniques.htm
www.metacrawler.com aka www.go2net.com
Advanced: http://www.go2net.com/index_power.html
Help: http://www.go2net.com/help/faq/query.html
Add URL: http://www.go2net.com/help/faq/add-url.html
www.megaspider.com
www.newsindex.com
Help: http://www.newsindex.com/shelp.html
www.quickbrowse.com/qbsearch.cgi
Help: http://216.110.36.50/help/gettingstarted.html
www.savvysearch.com/search
Add URL: http://www.savvysearch.com/submit
Snoop function: http://www.savvysearch.com/snoop
http://search.searchalot.com/
Add URL: http://searchalot.com/addurl.htm
www.surfwax.com/surfwax.html
Help: http://www.surfwax.com/help/tutorials/search.htm
www.webhelp.com
About: http://direct.webhelp.com/direct/html/aboutDirect.html
FAQ: http://www.webhelp.com/webhelp/faq/faq_company.html
www.web-search.com or www.noimages.com
Add URL: http://www.noimages.com/faq2.html
www.wiz.co.uk/search.asp
File searching sites
====================
http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/
Advanced search: http://lycospro.lycos.com/
www.singingfish.com
About: http://www.singingfish.com/about.html
Submit URL: http://www.singingfish.com/add.html
New, experimental engines
=========================
www.allthesites.com
About: http://www.allthesites.com/aboutus.htm
Submit URL: http://www.allthesites.com/submit.htm
Advanced search: http://www.allthesites.com/advanced/search.asp
www.directhit.com
www.findanything.com
www.findia.net
Help: http://findia.net/help.html
www.hotrate.com
Become an editor: http://www.hotrate.com/suggestURL.asp
Add URL: http://www.hotrate.com/SuggestURL3.asp
About: http://www.hotrate.com/about.asp
www.infind.com/infind/infind.exe
www.iwon.com
Help: http://www.iwon.com/home/search/search_advanced/0,11749,0,00.html
About: http://www.iwon.com/home/winning/howitworks_overview/1,11933,,00.html
www.links2go.com
Help: http://www.links2go.com/help
About: http://www.links2go.com/about
www.monkeysweat.com
www.oingo.com
Add URL: http://www.oingo.com/addsite.html
About: http://www.oingo.com/help.html
www.searchit.com
Add URL: http://www.searchit.com/addurl.htm
http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/websearch/
Edit site: http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/modify/modify.html
About: http://search.thunderstone.com/texis/websearch/about.html
www.subjex.com
Add URL: http://www.subjex.com/addapage.html
About: http://www.subjex.com/about.html
www.webbrain.com
Help: http://www.webbrain.com/about_frame.html
Add URL: http://dmoz.org/add.html
Search directories with search capabilities
===========================================
www.about.com
Search tips at http://search.about.com/scripts/Query70.asp?PM=112_410_T&faq=yes&COB=home
http://search.cnet.com/
About: http://search.cnet.com/About/0,69,0,0200.html
http://dmoz.org/
Help: http://dmoz.org/searchguide.html
Add URL: http://dmoz.org/add.html
www.looksmart.com
www.netguide.com
Help: http://www.netguide.com/aboutus/aboutreviews.html
www.netscape.net
www.yahoo.com
Advanced: http://search.yahoo.com/search/options
Basic Help: http://www.yahoo.com/docs/info/help.html
Advanced Help: http://search.yahoo.com/search/syntax
ISPs with search engines
========================
www.aol.com/netfind/home.html
Help: http://www.aol.com/netfind/tips/home.html
Add URL: http://www.aol.com/netfind/info/addyoursite.html
http://search.btinternet.com/
Advanced search : http://search.btinternet.com/default.asp?act.advancedQuery=1&
http://www.compuserve.com/compuserve/search_landing.asp
Help: http://www.compuserve.com/compuserve/search_landing.asp
www.geocities.com
http://search.icq.com/
Help: http://search.icq.com/help/
Add: http://search.icq.com/default.asp?act.addurl=addurl
http://search.msn.com/
Advanced: http://search.msn.com/advanced.asp
Help: http://search.msn.com/helpadv.htm
Add URL: http://search.msn.com/addurl.asp
www.xoom.com
Search tips is at http://xoom.snap.com/main/help/item/0,11,-6736,00.html?tt.xm.sb.0.tips
Regional search engines
=======================
Australia
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www.anzwers.com.au
www.ausindex.com.au
www.cowleys.com.au
www.goeureka.com.au
www.ozengine.com/ozengine
www.ozguide.com/search/
www.ozsearch.com.au
www.platonsearch.com/australia
www.sofcom.com.au
www.webfind.com.au
www.websearch.com.au
www.webwombat.com.au
www.wilddogsearch.com.au
Czech Republic
--------------
www.seznam.cz
Denmark
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www.jubii.dk
France
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www.spray.fr/search/index.jsp
Germany
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www.fireball.de
http://crawler.de/
http://search.spray.net/index.jsp
www.nettz.de
www.twirlix.de
India (USA)
-----------
http://search.forindia.com/
Italy
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http://search.spray.it/index.jsp
http://websearch.virgilio.it
Norway
------
http://dpsearchno.spray.net/index.jsp
http://search.sol.no/
Portugal
--------
http://opiniao.sapo.pt/
Spain
-----
http://metabusca.com/
www.eresmas.com or www.alehop.com
Sweden
------
www.evreka.com
www.spray.se/sok/
Switzerland
-----------
http://sear.ch/
www.surfer.ch
www.search.ch
Thailand
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www.thaifind.com
www.thaiseek.com
www.ut9.com/cgi-bin/thaisearch
Turkey
------
http://arama.turkvista.com/
www.porttakal.com
UK/Europe
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www.askalex.co.uk
Help: http://www.askalex.co.uk/tips1.htm
Add URL: http://askalex.co.uk/scripts/getform.exe?par?submit.htm?1
www.mirago.co.uk
Advanced: http://www.mirago.co.uk/scripts/longhelp.asp
Help: http://www.mirago.co.uk/scripts/srchhelp.asp
Add URL: http://www.mirago.co.uk/scripts/addsite.asp
www.scoot.co.uk
Help is at http://www.scoot.co.uk/help/help.asp
Add URL at http://www.scoot.co.uk/submit/index.asp
www.searchuk.com
Advanced: http://www.searchuk.com/help/advanced.html
Add URL: http://www.searchuk.com/addurl.html
www.selu.co.uk
Advanced: http://www.selu.co.uk/adv_search.html
Add URL: http://www.selu.co.uk/links.html
www.thomweb.co.uk/uk.thomw/index.htm
Help: http://www.thomson-directories.co.uk/content/products/contact.htm
www.ukdirectory.co.uk
Add URL: http://www.ukdirectory.co.uk/addurl.html
www.ukindex.co.uk
Add URL: http://www.ukindex.co.uk/urlreg.htm
www.ukmax.com
Advanced: http://www.ukmax.com/search/
Add URL: http://www.ukmax.com/search/default.asp?act.addurl.x=0&act.addurl.y=0
www.ukplus.com
Advanced: http://www.ukplus.com/html/options.html
Add URL: http://www.ukplus.com/ukplus/owa/pkg_suggest.p_ad_url
www.uksearcher.co.uk
Advanced: http://www.uksearcher.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?action=powersearch
Add URL: http://www.uksearcher.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?action=addurl
Help: http://www.uksearcher.co.uk/cgi-bin/search.pl?action=tips
http://uk.searchengine.com/
Advanced: http://uk.searchengine.com/english/advanced/index.cgi?&related=0&d=2&g=0&w=0&y=1&z=0
Help: http://url.searchengine.com/index.cgi?&related=0&d=2&g=0&w=0&y=1&z=0
Add URL:http://uk.searchengine.com/english/help/index.cgi?&related=0&d=2&g=0&w=0&y=1&z=0
www.sparksearch.co.uk
Advanced: http://sparksearch.com/search/advanced.html (but it's not very)
Add URL: http://sparksearch.com/go/add/
www.yell.com
www.2b.co.uk
www.webtop.com
White paper at http://www.webtop.com/search/topferret/wpaper.htm
(Previously www.euroferret.com).
Other lists of search engines
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www.beaucoup.com
www.websitetrafficbuilders.com/search_engines-url-guide.htm
www.schoollinx.com/Search/Search_Engines/search_engines.html
http://servercc.oakton.edu/~wittman/find/finding.htm
www.17.com/searchag.htm
Search engine related sites
===========================
http://informant.dartmouth.edu/index.cgi
www.karnak.com/whatis.shtml
http://searchengineforums.com/bin/Ultimate.cgi
http://searchenginewatch.com/
http://spider-food.net/
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