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- Commonly used search engine terms defined by NetLingo :
- Search engines are not perfect.
- Search engines are only as good as the software programs (robots/spiders) that run them. Search engine software is only as good as the programmers that write the code.
- Search engines are created by various human beings, thus they each work a bit different from one another.
- Similar commands can have different search effects on different search engines.
- Each of the major search engines has indexed less than twenty percent of the Internet (as of December 1999). Collectively, the major search engines have indexed approximately sixty percent of the Internet.
- Each search engine has indexed a slightly different portion of the Internet than other search engines, with some overlap occurring between search engines.
- After using a search engine, if you don't find what you are looking for, that doesn't necessarily mean that it doesn't exist online. It may only mean that particular resource hasn't yet been indexed.
- Revisit search engines often because their indexes are updated at regular intervals.
- Internet addresses (URLs) change without notice. A URL that was working when a search engine robot/spider previously visited a site may end up being broken when you attempt to visit the same site.
- Owners of some web sites do not want their site to be indexed and work to exclude some or all search engine robots/spiders. A polite search engine will respect the wishes of the site's owner and ignore sites such as these.
- AltaVista Inconsistencies
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Search Engines
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 Ancestry.com - "And, Or, and Parenthesis: The Basics of Boolean Logic for the Genealogist" from the Ancestry Daily News 19 Jan 1999
This article contains an overview of ands and ors and how to use them to structure search engine queries.
- Beginning Genealogy - Googling Your Ancestors
- Classroom Connect - Connected Teacher - Search Tips
- A Comparison of Four Search Engines for On-Line Genealogy Research
- Desperately Seeking Susan OR Suzie NOT Sushi
From the NY Times web site. Requires registration which is free.
- Finding Information on the Internet: A TUTORIAL
From the UC Berkeley Teaching Library Internet Workshops. Includes Search Engines, Subject Directories, Meta-Search Engines, Invisible Web, Evaluating Web Pages: Why and How, and more.
- Genealogy Searching on the Internet
- Guide to Effective Searching of the Internet
- A Helpful Guide To Search Engines
- Internet Genealogy Surfing Techniques
- Materials towards a preliminary selective bibliography/webliography of search engines
- On the Net, Search Engine Inconsistencies
- ResearchBuzz News
News and information about search engines, databases, and other online information.
- Search Engine Comparison Charts
- SearchEngines.com - Search Engine Rankings and Web Site Promotion Tips
- Search Engine Watch
- Search Engine Showdown
- Sink or Swim: Internet Search Tools & Techniques (Version 4.0 - Fall 1999)
- The Spider's Apprentice: A Helpful Guide to Web Search Engines
Tips on using search engines like AltaVista, Infoseek, Excite, Webcrawler, Lycos, HotBot and Yahoo.
- Web Search Engines
- Windweaver's Search Guide - Using the Best Directories and Search Engines
- Cyndi's List - Search or Browse
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Genealogy
This search is preset for the word "genealogy."
- Ancestor Search
Search over 400 of the top genealogy search engines by surname, locality, ethnicity, record type, and more. Find other researchers searching your surnames.
- Ancestry.com - Search
- FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service
The largest genealogy resource on the Internet, from the LDS church.
- Family Tree Searcher
Once you've entered your family information, you won't need to enter it again. You can then search multiple web sites from this web site. This free service will create the optimal searches for your ancestor data.
- genealogy: I Found It!
- Genealogy Pages
- The Genealogy Register
Search engine and genealogy directory, message boards and free home pages.
- Genealogy Search Engines / Genealogie Zoekmachines
- Genealogy Searching Center
- Genealogy Surnames - Genealogy Search Engine - Add Your Url On Genlink Genealogy Index
Genlink is a genealogy search engine, capable of indexing all the surnames on your genealogy surnames page in one go if you are using Ged2www, Gedpage, Ged2HTML, Gedbrowser or Ged4Web.
- GeneaSeek: GeneaNet Web Seeker
- Genlink
Indexes names published on web sites using programs Ged2www, Gedpage, Ged2HTML, Gedbrowser, Ged4Web or Ancestra.
- Gensearch
- Google Search: genealogy
- NedGen Dutch Genealogy Search Engine Nederlandse Genealogie Zoekmachine Stamboom
The first Dutch Genealogy Search Engine. Indexes Dutch genealogical homepages exclusively.
- The Ogre - On Line Genealogical Research Engine
For UK baptisms, census, burials, directories, marriages and miscellaneous data.
- Origin Search
Surname searches from millions of genealogy web sites.
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Search for Ancestors
All the major genealogy surname search engines.
- Surname Finder - Genealogy Specific Search Engine
- Surname Navigator
- Yahoo!...Humanities...Genealogy
Search engines that search multiple indexes at one time.
- AccuFind
- All Searches
Multi-search engine tool.
- Coveo Desktop Search
- Dogpile
Uses more than 13 web search engines, 6 Usenet sources and two FTP archives, then compiles the results for you.
- Exploratorius.com
- FinderSeeker: The Search Engine for Search Engines
- HotWords
- iTools - Search Tools
Search tool finds *anything* on the net!
- Mamma: Mother of All Search Engines
- MetaCrawler
- metaEUREKA
- MetaGopher
- Metahoo!
A search option allows users to select an information source (web, directory, news, jobs, auctions, MP3, pictures, weather), making search results even more relevant and user-specific.
- Metasearch Engine One2seek Fast Intelligent Relevant
- Multimeta: The Meta Search Engine
Simultaneous search in several international and German search engines.
- NetGet Canada Web Directory
Canadian meta search engine that searches up to 12 engines at once.
- One2seek Metasearch
- ProFusion
- Query Server
- Search.com
- Search Engine Guide - The Guide to Search Engines, Portals, and Directories
- Search Them All
All your favorite search engines in one place plus yellow pages, white pages, city search, radio search, job search, humor search, lyric search and much more.
- SpaceSonar
- Surfwax
- Supercrawler.com
- webtaxi.com
- Zworks Meta Search
Also referred to as: directories or channels. At these sites you can browse the links arranged in topical hierarchies, as opposed to putting a keyword into a search box.
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