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Major Search Engines --Comparison Chart |
AllTheWeb AltaVista HotBot Lycos Teoma WiseNut
term = term or terms you enter
(menu) = the engine presents menu choices
(text box) = text box provided to enter terms for this field
empty block = that feature not available
| AllTheWeb Home www.alltheweb.com |
AllTheWeb Advanced |
AltaVista Home www.altavista.com |
AltaVista
Advanced |
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| SIZE (pages) | 2.1 billion | 2.1 billion | 1.1 billion | 1.1 billion |
SIMPLE BOOLEAN OPTIONS |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
(menu) term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
term term (Defaults to an AND or to a phrase) -term (for NOT) |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
| FULL BOOLEAN OPERATORS | (term1 term2) equals an OR | and, or, andnot rank |
OR AND AND NOT ( ) |
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| PHRASE SEARCHING | (menu) “ ” |
(menu) “ ” |
“ ” some automatic |
“ ” automatic |
| PROXIMITY | NEAR (=within 10 words) | |||
| TRUNCATION | term* (asterisk - internal or at end of term) | term* (asterisk - internal or at end of term) | ||
| TITLE FIELD | title:term | (menu) | title:term | title:term |
| DATE FIELD | (menu) | (date range boxes) | ||
| URL FIELD | url:term site:term |
(menu) |
url: term domain: term host: term |
url: term domain: term host: term |
| “LINKS TO” A URL | link:term | (menu) | link: term | link: term |
| LANGUAGE | language:xx |
(menu) | (menu) | (menu) |
| MEDIA SEARCHING | Links to News, Pictures, Videos, MP3, FTP searches | News, Pictures, Videos, MP3, FTP all have their own advanced mode | links to media searches image: term |
image: term |
| CASE SENSITIVE | no | no | yes | yes |
| SEARCHES ALL COMMON WORDS | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| WEB
DIRECTORY ATTACHED |
yes (LookSmart) |
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| RESULTS ARE CLUSTERED | no | no | yes | yes |
| ADDITIONAL OUTPUT FORMAT OPTIONS | Can set # of results by using "Preferences" page | 10,25,50,75,100 |
Customizable |
One result per website |
| PAID SITES SHOWN FIRST | no | no | yes | yes |
| "SIMILAR
PAGES" LINK PROVIDED ON RESULTS PAGES |
yes
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yes | ||
| ALSO
SHOWN ON RESULTS PAGES: |
Categories ("Clusters") |
“Others searched for” Headlines |
“Others searched for” Headlines |
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NOTABLE SPECIAL FEATURES |
Large multimedia search Adult content filter Extensive news search Search by region Indexes Flash |
Adult content filter Extensive news search Search by region Indexes Flash |
Images/audio/video search |
Images/audio/video search |
Google |
Google |
HotBot Home www.hotbot.com |
HotBot Advanced |
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| SIZE (pages) | 3.1 billion | 3.1 billion | 2 billion | 2 billion |
SIMPLE BOOLEAN OPTIONS |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
(menu and text boxes) term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
(menu) term term (Defaults to an AND) -term |
| FULL BOOLEAN OPERATORS | OR |
(text boxes) Defaults to an AND |
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| PHRASE SEARCHING | “ ” | “ ” (text boxes) |
“ ” | (menu) “ ” |
| PROXIMITY | term * term (1 asterisk =1 intervenng term) |
term * term | ||
| TRUNCATION | ||||
| TITLE FIELD | intitle:term allintitle:term1 term2 |
intitle:term allintitle:term1 term2 |
title:term | (menu) title:term |
| DATE FIELD | (menu) | (menus) | ||
| URL FIELD | inurl:term allinurl:term1 term2 term1 site:term2 |
inurl:term allinurl:term1 term2 term1 site:term2 |
(menu) (Region menu) |
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| “LINKS TO” A URL | link:term | link:term | (menu) | |
| LANGUAGE | (menu) | (menu) | ||
| MEDIA SEARCHING | (checkboxes) | |||
| CASE SENSITIVE | no | no | no | no |
| SEARCHES ALL COMMON WORDS | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| WEB
DIRECTORY ATTACHED |
yes link to Open Directory |
no | no | no |
| RESULTS ARE CLUSTERED | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| ADDITIONAL OUTPUT FORMAT OPTIONS | 10,20,30,50,100 results | 10,20,30,40, 50 results | 10,20,30,40, 50 results | |
| PAID SITES SHOWN FIRST | no | no | no | no |
| "SIMILAR
PAGES" LINK PROVIDED ON RESULTS PAGES |
yes | yes | no | no |
| ALSO
SHOWN ON RESULTS PAGES: |
Open Directory categories
and sites Link to cached page Translation option Stock quote option Link to definitions, maps Headlines Addresses & phone #s |
Open Directory categories
and sites Link to cached page Translation option Stock quote option Link to definitions, maps Headlines Addresses & phone #s |
Link to transfer search to Fast, Google, Teoma | Link to transfer search to Fast, Google, Teoma advanced features |
NOTABLE SPECIAL FEATURES |
Popularity ranking Newsgroups/ images Cached pages Adult content filter Covers PDF & other formats News search |
Popularity ranking Newsgroups/ images Cached pages Adult content filter Covers PDF & other formats News search |
Choice of Inktomi, Google, Fast, or Teoma databases | Choice of Inktomi, Google, Fast, or Teoma databases |
Lycos |
Lycos |
Teoma
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Teoma |
www.wisenut.com |
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| SIZE (pages) | Uses the AllTheWeb database - 2.1 billion | Uses the Fast (AllTheWeb) |
200 million | 200 million | 1.5 billion |
SIMPLE BOOLEAN OPTIONS |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
(menu) term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
term term (Defaults to an AND) -term (for NOT) |
(menu) | term term |
| FULL BOOLEAN OPERATORS | (term1 term2) equals an OR | (term1 term2) equals an OR | OR | ||
| PHRASE SEARCHING | “ ” | (menu) “ ” |
“ ” | “ ” | “ ” |
| PROXIMITY | |||||
| TRUNCATION | |||||
| TITLE FIELD | (box, under "Page Field" tab) | intitle:term | (menu) intitle:term |
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| DATE FIELD | (menu) | ||||
| URL FIELD | (boxes, under "Page Field" tab) | inurl:term |
(menu) | ||
| “LINKS TO” A URL | (boxes, under "Link Referrals" tab) | ||||
| LANGUAGE | (radio buttons, under "Language" tab) | lang:term | (menu) | (menu on Set Preferences page) | |
| MEDIA SEARCHING | Link to "Multimedia” search | (radio button) | |||
| CASE SENSITIVE | no | no | no | no | no |
| SEARCHES ALL COMMON WORDS | yes | yes | no, but can force with a + (e.g., +the) | no, but can force with a + (e.g., +the) | |
| WEB
DIRECTORY ATTACHED |
yes Open Directory |
(link to Open Directory) | |||
| RESULTS ARE CLUSTERED | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| ADDITIONAL OUTPUT FORMAT OPTIONS | |||||
| PAID SITES SHOWN FIRST | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| "SIMILAR
PAGES" LINK PROVIDED ON RESULTS PAGES |
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| ALSO
SHOWN ON RESULTS PAGES: |
Reviewed sites Directory hits Links to quotes, news, travel links, etc. Matching news and shopping items Related searches |
Categories Resources Links |
Categories Resources Links |
Sneak-a-Peek | |
NOTABLE SPECIAL FEATURES |
Hit terms highlighted Adult content filter |
Adult content filter Downloads, MP3, news, newsgroups, etc. Hit terms highlighted |
Resources Links | "Save Settings" |
Automatic categorization of results |