Search Tools Table Search Tools Table
| Search Tool | Default Search | Phrase Search | Case Sensitive | Wildcards | Safe Search Option | Features |
| Altavista simple search altavista.digital.com | or is default, and & not | use "..." | yes | use * | yes | +before word to include, -before word to exclude, has spell checker. |
| Excite www.excite.com 250 million | concept based will search for similar words, also AND, OR, AND NOT, (all caps) | use "..." | no | no | no | +before word to include, -before word to exclude, "more like this option", use descriptive specific terms (natural language) |
| Google www.google.com over 560 million sites 500 million part indexed | and is default | Use "..." or -, /, ., =, ' | no | no | yes | +before word to ignore stop words, -before word to exclude, ignores common words and characters, such as "where" and "how," & certain single digits and single letters |
| Hotbot www.hotbot.com over 110 million sites usenet - 4 million | and is default select others from drop down menu | Use "..." or select from drop down menu | no | yes, use * for more than 1 letter, ? for 1 letter | no | +before word to include, -before word to exclude, modify searches by setting date range, limit location (country), limit by page type, or limit by media type ignores: a, of, the, web, html & other common words |
| Librarian's Index to the Internet lii.org | and is default, OR, NOT also available | yes use "..." | no | yes * | no | Nesting () available Can search specific fields (i.e. author, keywords, title, links) |
| Lycos www.lycos.com | and is default, to use "any of the words" select Lycos Advanced | yes, in advanced | no | automatic | yes | +before word to include, -before word to exclude, catalogs every word, ignores "a," "an," "the" |
| Webcrawler www.webcrawler.com | natural language,or, and, not is also available | use "..." | no | no | no | +before word to include, -before word to exclude, (...) to set up complex searches |
| Yahoo www.yahoo.com | and is default, to use or select search options | use "..." or select search options | no | * added to end of word | no | +before word to include -before word to exclude, lists category matches first, t: will search titles first, u: will search URL only, can restrict by date using search options |
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