Search engines

Google   - Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company's focus is developing search technology.
Below: Google resources.

Aesop Search - The Aesop spider looks for new meta tag to allow webmasters to automatically describe their site.

All Academic - A searchable database of academic publications: journals, working papers, convention papers and magazine articles. Also has an A-Z list of links to online journals.

AllTheWeb - Search with a simple interface and huge database. Also offers news, picture, video, MP3 and FTP search. Uses the Open Directory category structure to create the 'Fast Topics' option in search results.

Amfibi - General search engine with an uncluttered interface in a choice of Catalan, English, French, and Spanish. Also has a web directory using the Open Directory.

Ask Jeeves - Offerings searching for web sites, news, weather reports, pictures, stocks, people or products.

BrainBoost - Question answering search engine that accepts natural language queries.

DeepIndex - European search engine offering interfaces in Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Entireweb - The English-language version of a Swedish search engine with a clean interface and large database.

Gigablast - A search engine with a clean interface, advanced search options including sorting by date, and a real time url submission feature. Includes PDF documents in its index.

Infosniff.com - A simple search engine from Cybersoft Infotek with advertising.

Inneans.com - New directory and web search.

Objects Search - An uncluttered interface offers options to search the web, news and blogs. The websearch includes cached pages and 'anchors', which are titles and descriptions from the Open Directory.

Official Search - Searchable directory of the authorized web sites of companies, organizations, celebrities, government and sports.

0pn Search Engine - Offering an index and algorithm that takes search technology in a new direction.

Scrub The Web - Search engine with sponsored links at the top of results. Also offering a meta tag builder and analyzer.

SearchHippo - Indexes the sites listed in the major Internet directories. Offers free web services, including a search toolbar, and code for webmasters to provide search boxes on their sites.

Teoma - Using the same database as Ask Jeeves, it ranks sites partly by subject-specific popularity. Clusters results into subject groups, and lists related link collections by experts and enthusiasts where appropriate.

TrueSearch - A search engine with a simple interface.

Wayback Machine Recall - Search archived pages starting from 1996. Shows term popularity across time and allows searches for periods of time on the web.

WiseNut - Index of 1.5 billion pages. Search results are clustered into categories. Preferences settings include search by language and a filter to remove adult content.

Wotbox - Search engine with country specific searching. Options to display country flags, and include preview and translation features. Sponsored links appear in panels separate from the main results.

Pay per click search engines

Advertise Globally - Pay-Per-Click search engine that submits it listings to over 450 other pay per click search engines.

Ah-ha - Includes special Logolink listings for additional company branding.

Aqua11.com - Aqua11.com lists advertisers' site in our search engine to receive visitors at a cost-per-click basis, as low as $.05 per click, and distributes results to a varitey of other search engines and affiliates.

AskAnyway - Offers PPC and affiliate programs. Initiative of the International Alliance of Web Developers.

BoldSearch - Boldsearch provides Intelligent Search Results to Power Decision-making. A division of Internet Services Provider Telania, Inc. Provides premium and free listings for websites.

BrainFox - Traditionally offers lower initial bid prices.

Dygo.com - Results offer both exact-match and related-match search results for high relevancy.

ePilot - A pay-per-click search engine that has partnerships with NetZero, DogPile and InfoSpace.

FindWhat - Search engine with results incorporated into Excite, Metacrawler and DogPile search results.

goClick - Targeted, high-volume website marketing.

Google Advertising - Allows you to buy advertising on the Google search engine, or on other sites through its AdSense program. Includes a tour and FAQ.

InternetSearchNetwork.com - A PPC search engine that is focusing on networking their search results into other sites and search engines. Provides feed to Phathole.com, WebmastersOasis.com, and Eggroll Junction.

Kanoodle - Distributes results to a large network of other search engines and search box providers.

Roar.com - Offers a category based search engine and advertising programs.

7Search - A pay-for-placement search engine that allows advertisers to bid on keywords. Feeds search results to a large network.

SearchFeed.com - Offers pay-per-click advertising via their categorized search engine, as well as affiliate partner programs.

SearchHere.tv - Offers pay per click advertising with real-time reporting. Requires a $5.00 minimum deposit, and adds $10 in BiddingCash to new accounts.

Webger.com - Pay-Per-Click search engine with a 1 cent minimum bid, $5.00 minimum deposit, offers NET30 credit terms, distributes results to additional search engines, and offers a multifaceted affiliate program.

Xuppa - Formerly Bay9 and Rocketlinks, they provide auctions, an online community and keyword placement bidding.

Google resources

Google Weblog   - Amalgamation of current news and related links.

Best Practices Search Engine Forums: Google Search Engine - Webmaster message board.

Constructing and Refining Searches In Google - Tutorial covering advantages of the search engine, and a table of features with corresponding examples of their use.

Elgoog.nl - Categorised collection of links.

Empirical Analysis of Google SafeSearch - Results of research conducted by Benjamin Edelman of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School.

Exploiting the Google Toolbar - Security advisory documenting multiple vulnerabilities in the software. The problems have been fixed in versions after 1.1.58.

Froogle - Google's product search engine and shopping directory. Presents photographs of products and links to the stores that sell them online. Options to narrow search by price range, and view results as a grid of images.

Google and Dmoz - Are They in Love? - Jean Manco considers the relationship between the Web's most popular search engine and its largest, most comprehensive, human-edited directory.

Google Daily Menus - Posted by an employee.

Google Dance - Describes in some technical detail how Google updates its index.

The Google Dance Syndrome, Part 1 - Examines Google's update process and its effects on search engine optimization.

Google Guide - Interactive online tutorial on using the search engine, with search tips and information on new services and features.

The Google Page Rank Algorithm and How It Works - Ian Rogers attempts to explain how PR is calculated and includes example source code to illustrate his arguments.

Google Results - Bare-bones interface which returns only page titles.

Google Review - Review and analysis of the search and display features by Greg R. Notess from search Engine Showdown. Includes information on un-indexed URLs and Boolean operators.

Google Toolbar For Mac - Petition website for a Macintosh compatible Google Toolbar.

Google Watch - A criticism of Google; argues that Google's privacy policies are undermining the Web.

Google Watch Watch - A criticism of the Google Watch site; argues that it was founded after its author failed to obtain a good PageRank for one of his websites.

Google World - A categorized directory by Indicateur of links to information on Google, some to pages on Google.com itself, others external.

Google Worldwide - Index of countries and languages made available by Google.

GoogleGuy Says - Weblog collecting advice and comments from the Google spokesman.

Google.public.support.general FAQ - Answers to questions that appear especially frequently in the newsgroup google.public.support.general.

Google's Image Search - Overview of the service, along with tips and tricks.

Google's Integrity - Covers Page Rank and how it's affected by page recency, the skewing of results by Web logs, and Google's marketing.

Google's Pagerank Explained - Paper by Phil Craven, in which he provides theories on how PR is calculated and the importance of internal, dangling, inbound, and outbound links. With PR calculator.

Googlewhack - Using Google to find fewer results, or exactly one result. How the craze began and how to do it. A list of the most recent successes.

The gooGuide - Includes news, how-to articles, and a listing of tools and utilities.

The Handy Dandy Google Page Rank Figurin' Guide - Graphical explanation of PR, showing the width of the graphic on both the Google Directory and Toolbar, and comparisons between each.

How Google Toolbar Works - Technical explanation of how the software works and the privacy implications associated with its usage.

Jeremy Zawodny's Blog: PageRank is Dead - Asserts that the act of Google trying to "understand" the web caused the web itself to change. Sites can't be accurately ranked because the linking system isn't as "natural" as it once was.

LawMeme: Google Replies to SearchKing Lawsuit - Analysis of the case and copies of relevant legal documents.

Logoogle - Site dedicated to the collection of official and unofficial Google logos.

Net Art: AdWords Happening - The author describes his attempt to use AdWords as a means to distribute poetry and how he was eventually thwarted.

NetNose - Results voting system allows personalization and customization of search results.

OddGoogle - Weblog featuring Google queries of interest to the author, many of which have been submitted by site visitors.

The Original Google Computer Storage - Photographs of the hardware used in Page and Brin's research, and an article explaining the search engine's history.

Secrets of Google Revealed - Presents explanations of thirteen "unique features".

Something Awful: New Logos for Google - Collection of spoof / parody Google logos, produced by a variety of artists.

Splode.com: Old Browsers - Collection of screenshots of Google in browsers such as Mosaic and WorldWideWeb.

Survey on Google's PageRank - Information on the algorithm, how to increase PageRank, what diminishes it and how to distribute PageRank within a website.

TechTV: First Look - Teoma Vs. Google - Three-part comparison between these search engines.

TechTV: Use Google Better - Tips and tricks from Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder and president.

Using Google - A Tutorial - Interactive tutorial for multiple features, including the "Uncle Sam" database, and searches restricted by domain.

Web Search for a Planet: The Google Cluster Architecture - Technical article explaining how Google responds to user queries. [PDF]

WebmasterWorld: Google - Pre-moderated discussion board that is frequented mainly by SEO professionals.

Yahoo Groups: Google-Friends - Announcement list which is sent out monthly. Includes archives and subscription information.

Yahoo Groups: GooglePress - Email distribution list for Google press releases and promotional events. Archives and subscription information.