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UK search engines & directories
Some of these search engines also have international search facilities
- 192.com
Directory enquiries, people search, electoral roll, family search, relationship search, personal address book
- Altavista UK
Web, images, MP3/audio, video, directory, news
- Ask
Searching by questions, words or phrases
- BT Directory Enquiries
10 free searches each day
- Dogpile UK
Good metasearch engine, UK version, includes web, images, audio, files, news, multimedia, people finder, weather, maps & directions,
- Excite UK
Web, images, video, MP3, news, weather
- Find UK
UK metasearch engine, also directory, people search, UK address finder, UK postcodes
- Google UK
Most popular search engine for web, images, discussion groups, directory, news
- Lycos UK
Search, also free website hosting, email/SMS, online chat
- Mirago
Search engine, with family friendly zone, search within UK regions
- MSN UK
Search, Hotmail, directories, money section
- Scoot
UK business finder, also cinema finder, company name finder
- UK Directory
Search engine & directory
- UKIndex
Sponsored listings are featured but others are on the site further down
- UK Plus
Directory & search engine
- UK Search Engines
Comprehensive list of UK search engines & directories, from the Engine Room
- Yahoo! UK & Ireland
Directory & search, web, mobile/SMS, finance, mail, video messenger, create photo albums, calendar, keep files online, send money online, Yahoo discussion groups
- Yell.com
Business search engine, directory & local search, also services for business
International search engines
- SearchEngineWatch.com
Provides a useful guide to Country-Specific Search Engines and point out that the major search engines will also cover sites worldwide, and will provide links in other languages and translations.
- Beaucoup!
Provides a list of global information sites & links to sites covering the Americas, Asia, Australia, Middle East, Africa & Europe
- Search Engines Worldwide
Offers country specific search engines, including small & large ones
- Search Engine Colossus
Another regularly updated country-specific links page to search engines worldwide
General search engines & directories
- AllTheWeb
Search engine for web, news, pictures, video, audio, FTP
- AltaVista's Babel Fish Translation Service
Translate a block of text or a webpage into Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish & those languages into English
- AOL
Search engine & directory, also parental controls, mail, instant messenger, maps from Mapquest
- Google Language Tools
Translate webpages into English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, translate text & search pages in different languages & countries
- Hotbot
Reliable search engine, choose to search using FAST, Google, Inktomi, Teoma
- LookSmart
Sponsored listings at the top of the page, others further down
- Profusion
Search vertically using various categories, choosing up to 12 major search engines
- Reference.com
Search reference sites, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopedias, literature, thesaurus, medical & legal resources
- Researchville
Search databases, mainly American
- Search Thingy
Searches the top ten search engines, including one database search engine
- SearchtoFeed
Search engine which promises to give aid every time you search
- WebCrawler
Search for web, news, photos, yellow pages, white pages
- WiseNut
Simple but effective search engine, can set your preferences for results
Metasearch engines
These sites will search more than one search engine to help you find different results for your search.
- Avenue Search
- Comet Way
Choice of searching the main search engines & specialist search engines
- Dogpile
- Fagan Finder
Provides links to the "invisible web" search tools, including deep search, databases, dynamic pages & non-HTML pages
- Find UK
- Ixquick Metasearch
Search web, pictures, MP3, news, recommended by UC Berkeley
- Mamma
Search web, news, images, audio, kids
- MetaBug
- MetaCrawler
Search web, images, audio/MP3, multimedia, news, message boards, recommended by UC Berkeley
- Search.com
General metasearch engine
- Search Engine Guide
Provides good links to a range of search engines, including deep web tools, research directories & desktop tools
- Top ten metasearch engines
- Vivisimo
Good metasearch engine which identifies which search engines the results come from & organises results into folders
- Yahoo - All in One Search Pages
UK shopping price comparison sites
Most of these sites will not be comprehensive.
For helpful information before shopping online, visit Shopping safely online, a useful US guide, while the Office of Fair Trading (UK) has some detailed information on consumer rights.
- Price Comparison websites
Lists of the best known in 3 sections: international, US & UK, separated into general & specialist sections, including financial, utility & other specialist categories
- UK price comparison sites from the Open Directory
Alphabetical list only, some more useful than others
- 123PriceCheck.com
Books, music, DVDs, videos, mobile phones
- abcaz.com
Includes electrical & electronics, home & garden, sports & leisure, toys & nursery, motor & accessories, musical instruments
- BookBrain.co.uk
Books only, but searching 14 sites in the UK
- Checkaprice
Limited number or sites checked
- DealTime.co.uk
Wide range of products but limited number of comparisons
- easyValue.com
Flights, entertainment, insurance, audio-visual, photographic, computing, large number of shops covered including many of the main retail shops
- Kelkoo
Wide range of products though limited comparisons in non-technical sections
- Online Price Guide
Limited number of comparisons but some of the main shops included
- PriceChecker
Limited number of comparisons in some sections
- Price Guide UK
Limited number of comparison sites
- Pricerunner.com
Includes some of the main high street retailers & online retailers
- Pricewatch
Computer hardware & software only, with limited number of comparisons
Specialist search engines & directories
There are many specialty search engines online. You can find lists of the main ones at SearchEngineWatch & sites listed under international search engines. SearchEngineWatch also have yearly awards to the best search engines & features.
- Botspot
Classifies Bots & Intelligent Agents by subject, also news & reviews
- CompletePlanet
Searches databases
- SearchAbility
Guides to specialised search engines, including descriptions of their services, some mainly but not exclusively US based
- FIND
UK financial services directory
- FindLaw: Internet Legal resources
US site which also includes international resources directory & legal search engine, also consumer law, government information center, small business centre
- Lawguru
Search on more than 500 legal search engines and tools, for legal research
- LookupUK
People finder, also adoption search, links to family history & genealogy database, also links to other sites
- Liszt
For e-mail discussion groups/ mailing lists, Usenet discussion groups & IRC Chat Directory
- MP3.com
Search for MP3 versions of music
- Pinakes
Key source of UK academic & subject based search directories & databases, also international multi-subject gateways
- Reference.com
Search reference sites, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, literature, thesaurus, medical & legal resources
Maps, guides & directions
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