Metasearch Engines

Examples of metasearch engines (search tools that send the request to multiple search engines) are

• Brainboost (http://www.brainboost.com),
• DeeperWeb (http://deeperweb.com),
• Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com),
• Excite (http://www.excite.com).        

Task 1 (30 Minutes)

Select two of the search engines listed above (one main search engine and the other a metasearch engine) and carry out searches on the following topics. Spend some time reading through the information returned by the search engines:

• Web Searching Tips,
• Web Searching Techniques and
• Web Searching Guides.