Metasearch Engines

Ixquick is an example of a metasearch engine.

Ixquick page
Reproduced with permission from Ixquick.

Metasearch engines search the databases of several search engines at a time (e.g., Alta Vista, Excite, Google and Yahoo).

Most eliminate duplicate listings.

Usually, you have little control over search options and sponsored web sites may receive higher ranking.

Other metasearch engines: Dogpile, MetaCrawler, and Search.com.

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