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There are hundreds of search engines that can be used for web search. You can increase the speed and accuracy of your searches by choosing a resource that offers the features most likely to help you.

Following on from yesterdays article about web search for beginners I thought this list of 10 web search resources might be helpful for anyone keen to search more effectively.


Google hardly needs any introduction. As the undisputed ‘King of Search’ Google offers an incredible amount of advanced web search features. Everything from current trends through to collected news archives that date back to the mid 1800s.

Business.com describes itself as the leading online destination for business buyers looking for B2B solutions. Great for finding how-to guides for buiness related topics. With almost 8 million unique monthly visitors this is a resource that obviously mean business.

WorldCat enables you to search the collections of libraries both in your community and around the world. Find books, music, CDs, videos, article citations and more. WorldCat allows you to search multiple libraries at once and makes resources available in a number of languages.

Yahoo is the second most popular search engine and offers a long list of web search features including mobile web search. You can find news, images, video, maps and much more using their impressive range of advanced search features.

Allthe Web uses Yahoo’s index and news search capabilities to provide fast up to the minute information from around the world. Their interface enables you to search millions of multi media files and offers a collection of advanced search features supported in over 30 languages.

Technorati was founded as the first blog search engine and is the leading source of information for finding out about who and what is most popular in the Blogosphere. Like most search engines it offers much more than search, but if you’re looking for a blog Technorati will help you find it.

AOL Search which is enhanced by Google, offers a wide range of search options. So many that you could get lost trying to find the best one to use. They have their own mobile index and some advanced web search features that allow you to construct your own search criteria.

AltaVista is another leading provider of search services with a number of advanced web search features to make finding information easier. It was one of the first search engines to offer multilingual search capabilities and continues to add quality and relevancy to search.

Ask.Com is a search engine enhanced by a number of specialty searches including a thesaurus, currency converter, encyclopedia, maps and more. Formerly known as Ask Jeeves it offers a long list of advanced web search features that allow you to set your own preferences.

blinkx claims to have more than 35 million hours of video indexed and fully searchable. That’s a lot of video! It provides a large index of media content and makes this huge collection available to viewers around the world.

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