Searching the Web

You can use all of your favorite Web search pages from this page! Just enter a word or phrase in one of the boxes below and press Enter. For details, see Lesson 6-3 in Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 95; or see Lesson 2-5 in Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 98, Dummies 101: Netscape Communicator 4, or Dummies 101: Netscape Navigator.

AltaVista

Excite

HotBot

InfoSeek

Lycos

Magellan

Savvy Search

Yahoo!

Each box performs a search of the World Wide Web using a free Web search page. Click the name of the Web search page (for example, "Yahoo!") to go to the main page for that site. Type something in the box and press Enter to perform a search. If you want to start over with another search, click the Back button until you return to this page. Start again!

AltaVista Provides extremely fast, accurate searching of over 40 million Web pages. AltaVista is among the most comprehensive of Web search programs (along with HotBot), and it’s one of our favorites.

Excite Offers two fine services: a search program named NetSearch and a Web guide, named NetDirectory, that lists evaluations of sites organized by topic.

HotBot Provides extremely fast, accurate searching of over 40 million Web pages. HotBot is among the most comprehensive of Web search programs (along with AltaVista), and it’s one of our favorites.

InfoSeek Produces highly accurate results within the confines of its database. InfoSeek's excellent at generating very current Web page matches, but at the price of sometimes ignoring older sites.

Lycos Furnishes sophisticated search options and a huge Web page database. Lycos also offers a Web guide organized by category and recommendations of top Web sites.

Magellan Internet Directory Gives you not only the names and locations of pertinent Web pages, but also reviews and ratings (from one to four stars) of many of the sites.

Savvy Search A high-level or "meta-search" program that, instead of scouring the Web directly, plugs your search word into several popular Web searchers, and then gives you all the initial matches together on the same page and organized by search program!. Use this tool to avoid the time and effort of entering text into each search program separately.

Yahoo The oldest major category-based search program, and a great place to start when researching broad topics. Yahoo isn't as comprehensive as some of the services in this list, but at the same time is likely to produce more targeted matches. Yahoo also offers great features such as Picks of the Week (www.yahoo.com/picks), a savvy list of the best of the Web (www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Cool_Links), a weekly listing of new Web sites (www.yahoo.com/weblaunch.html), and a search program devoted to finding Web sites for kids (www.yahooligans.com).

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AltaVista	Excite
HotBot	InfoSeek
Lycos	Magellan
Savvy Search	Yahoo!

AltaVista	Provides extremely fast, accurate searching of over 40 million Web pages. AltaVista is among the most comprehensive of Web search programs (along with HotBot), and it’s one of our favorites.
Excite	Offers two fine services: a search program named NetSearch and a Web guide, named NetDirectory, that lists evaluations of sites organized by topic.
HotBot	Provides extremely fast, accurate searching of over 40 million Web pages. HotBot is among the most comprehensive of Web search programs (along with AltaVista), and it’s one of our favorites.
InfoSeek	Produces highly accurate results within the confines of its database. InfoSeek's excellent at generating very current Web page matches, but at the price of sometimes ignoring older sites.
Lycos	Furnishes sophisticated search options and a huge Web page database. Lycos also offers a Web guide organized by category and recommendations of top Web sites.
Magellan Internet Directory	Gives you not only the names and locations of pertinent Web pages, but also reviews and ratings (from one to four stars) of many of the sites.
Savvy Search	A high-level or "meta-search" program that, instead of scouring the Web directly, plugs your search word into several popular Web searchers, and then gives you all the initial matches together on the same page and organized by search program!. Use this tool to avoid the time and effort of entering text into each search program separately.
Yahoo	The oldest major category-based search program, and a great place to start when researching broad topics. Yahoo isn't as comprehensive as some of the services in this list, but at the same time is likely to produce more targeted matches. Yahoo also offers great features such as Picks of the Week (www.yahoo.com/picks), a savvy list of the best of the Web (www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Cool_Links), a weekly listing of new Web sites (www.yahoo.com/weblaunch.html), and a search program devoted to finding Web sites for kids (www.yahooligans.com).

	Return to the Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 98 Home Page.
	Return to the Dummies 101: The Internet for Windows 95 Home Page.
	Return to the Dummies 101: Netscape Navigator Home Page.
	Return to the Dummies 101: Netscape Commmunicator Home Page.