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General All-Purpose Search Engines

Most of the time, you'll be able to find what you're looking for with these general, all-purpose search engines.
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All-Purpose Search Engines List
Need a general, all-purpose search engine? You've come to the right place. Here is my list of the best all-purpose search engines on the Web.
Play with hotspots at MSN Live Search
If you visit the home page of MSN Live Search today, you're going to notice a few changes: namely, hotspots. These hotspots can be found by moving your mouse around the home page. Once you find a hotspot, you'll see a small pop-up that invites you to investigate something you might not have thought of otherwise.
Take a Tour of the New Ask 3D
Ask.com has reinvented itself with the new and improved Ask 3D. Take a tour through the new Ask 3D with my Ask 3D image gallery.
Ask 3D
Search engine Ask.com has rolled out new improvements to their search service. Learn more about Ask 3D, the new face of Ask.com.
LookSmart Reviewed
LookSmart is a search engine with some interesting features, such as a variety of integrated vertical niche search engine tools, the ability to share articles and sites with other searchers (Furl),and FindArticles, an excellent article search engine that enables you to find articles.
Snap - A New Kind of Search Engine
Snap is a new kind of search engine; it not only goes out and retrieves results for you, but the more people use it, the smarter it gets.
A Quick Look at WiseNut
WiseNut is a no-frills general search engine owned by LookSmart. WiseNut offers a good, solid general search experience; they don't have a lot in the way of fancy-shmancy search stuff, but what they do have seems to be relatively well-done.
Profile of PreviewSeek
PreviewSeek is a pretty solid search engine that offers quite a few search usability features, such as search clustering, Web site previews, and search refinements. However, I found that PreviewSeek has some definite issues it needs to work on.
A Look at Teoma, the Technology Behind Ask.com
Teoma,originally served as the technology that drove Ask Jeeves/Ask.com. Since February 2006, Teoma is now branded as Ask.com.
Search the Web with Exalead
Exalead is a good general purpose search engine, with lots of interesting features such as a personalized home page, filetype search, and individual site thumbnails available in search results.
Profile of Amazon's Search Engine, A9.com
A9.com is a search engine put together by the good folks at Amazon, one of the largest and most successful online retailers in the world. Find out what A9.com has to offer, how to use it, and how it works.
Learn More About Lycos Search
Lycos has been around for over ten years now (started in September of 1995), and has some interesting search features to offer. Learn more about Lycos Search, Lycos Top 50, Lycos Entertainment, and more.
AltaVista - Profile of Search Engine AltaVista
AltaVista has been around in various forms since 1995, and continues to be a viable presence on the Web. Learn more about search engine AltaVista.
AlltheWeb - Learn More About AlltheWeb
AlltheWeb is a search engine whose results are powered by Yahoo. AlltheWeb has some very advanced search features that make it a good search destination for those looking for pure search. Read my profile of AlltheWeb and see if it might be a good search engine for you to try out.
Ask - How to Search with Ask.com
Ask.com is a very popular crawler-based search engine. Some of the reasons that it has stayed so popular with so many people are its ease of use, cool search features (including Smart Answers), and powerful search interface. Read more about Ask.com in my detailed profile.
AOL Search - How to Search with AOL Search
Learn why so many people have chosen AOL Search to be their jumping off point when searching the Web. With its ease of use, simple accessibility, and nifty search features, AOL Search has carved itself a unique niche in the search world.
Learn More About MSN Search
MSN Search is Microsoft's offering to the search world. Learn about MSN Search: its ease of use, cool search features, and simple advanced search accessibility.
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