List of search engines

(The entries are in alphabetical order within each category.)

General search engines

• Alexa Internet
• Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
• Exalead
• Gigablast
• Google
• Live Search (formerly MSN Search)
• MozDex
• Yahoo! Search

Open source search engines

• DataparkSearch
• Egothor
• Gonzui
• Grub
• Ht://dig
• Lucene
• Lemur Toolkit & Indri Search Engine
• mnoGoSearch
• Namazu
• Nutch
• OpenFTS
• Sciencenet for scientific knowledge based on yacy technology
• Search Wikia
• Sphinx
• SWISH-E
• Terrier Search Engine
• Xapian
• YaCy
• Zettair

Metasearch engines

• Brainboost
• Clusty
• Dogpile
• Excite
• HotBot
• Info.com
• Ixquick
• Krozilo
• Mamma
• Metacrawler
• MetaLib
• Myriad Search
• PolyMeta
• SideStep
• Turbo10
• WebCrawler

See also: Metasearch engine

Regional search engines

• Accoona, China/US
• Alleba, Philippines
• Ansearch, Australia/US/UK/NZ
• Baidu, China
• Daum, Korea
• Guruji.com, India
• Araby, Middle East
• Miner.hu, Hungary
• Najdi.si, Slovenia
• Naver, Korea
• Rambler, Russia
• Rediff, India
• SAPO, Portugal
• Search.ch, Switzerland
• Walla!, Israel
• Yandex, Russia

People search engines

• Ex.plode.us
• InfoSpace
• Spock
• Wink
• Yellowpages.com
• Zabasearch.com
• ZoomInfo

Email-based search engines

• Nicado
• TEK

Visual search engines

• Grokker
• Kartoo
• Quintura

Answer-based search engines

• Answers.com
• AskMeNow
• AskWiki
• BrainBoost
• eHow
• Lexxe
• Lycos iQ
• Windows Live QnA
• Yahoo! Answers

Google-based search engines

• AOL Search
• CompuServe Search
• Evisum
• MySpace Search
• Mahalo.com
• Netscape
• Ripple

Yahoo!-based search engines

• AltaVista
• AlltheWeb
• Earthoid.com
• GoodSearch
• Rectifi

Windows-Live-based search engines

• A9.com
• Tafiti
• Ms. Dewey

Ask.com-based search engines

• iWon
• Lycos

Job search engines

• Naukri.com (India)
• Bixee.com (India)
• TolMol.com (India)
• Craigslist (by city)
• Eluta.ca (Canada)
• CareerBuilder.com (USA)
• Hotjobs.com (USA)
• Indeed.com (USA)
• Monster.com (USA)
• Recruit.net (International)
• SimplyHired.com (USA)

See also: Job search engine and Category:Job search engines

Forum search engines

• Omgili

Blog search engines

• Amatomu
• Bloglines
• BlogScope
• IceRocket
• Sphere
• Technorati
• Blogoat

News search engines

• Google News
• MagPortal
• Newslookup
• Nexis (Lexis Nexis)
• Topix.net
• Yahoo! News

Multimedia search engines

• blinkx
• FindSounds
• Picsearch
• Podscope
• Veveo

Code search engines

• Google Code Search
• JExamples
• Koders
• Krugle

Human Search Engines

• ChaCha Search
• Jatalla
• Mahalo
• Search Amigo

BitTorrent search engines

These search engines work across the BitTorrent protocol.

• Btjunkie
• Demonoid
• FlixFlux
• Isohunt
• Mininova
• The Pirate Bay
• TorrentSpy

Accountancy search engines

• IFACnet

Medical search engines

• Bioinformatic Harvester
• Entrez (includes Pubmed)
• EB-eye_EBI's_Search_Engine EMBL-EBI's Search engine
• GoPubMed (knowledge-based: GO - GeneOntology)
• Healia
• KMLE Medical Dictionary
• MeshPubMed (knowledge-based: MeSH - Medical Subject Headings)
• Searchmedica
• WebMD

Property search engines

• Home.co.uk
• Rightmove
• Zillow.com

Business search engines

• Thomasnet (United States)
• Business.com
• Nexis (Lexis Nexis)

Comparison shopping search engines

• Google Product Search (formerly Froogle)
• Kelkoo
• MSN Shopping
• MySimon
• NexTag
• PriceRunner
• Shopping.com
• ShopWiki
• Shopzilla (also operates Bizrate)
• TheFind.com
• TolMol.com (India)

Geographic search engines

• Géoportail
• Google Maps
• MapQuest
• Windows Live Maps
• Yahoo! Maps

Social search engines

• ChaCha Search
• Google Co-op is a platform provided by Google that allows web developers to feature specialized information in web searches, refine and categorise queries, and create customized search engines
• Rollyo
• Wink provides web search by analyzing user contributions such as bookmarks and feedback
• Trexy

See also: Social search and Relevance feedback

Search engines for kids

• Yahoo! Kids
• Quintura Kids

Desktop search engines

• Autonomy — IDOL Enterprise Desktop Search.
• Beagle — Open source desktop search tool for Linux based on Lucene
• Copernic Desktop Search
• Docco — based on Apache's indexing and search engine Lucene, and it requires a Java Runtime Environment.
• Filehawk — Indexes and searches files' content in computers, networks and removable data storage devices
• Gaviri PocketSearch — Indexes desktop, network drives and portable devices.
• Google Desktop — Integrates with the main Google search engine page.
• imgSeek — Desktop content-based image search
• ISYS Search Software — ISYS:desktop search software.
• Likasoft Archivarius 3000
• Meta Tracker — Open Source Linux desktop search
• Spotlight — Found in Apple Mac OS X "Tiger".
• Terrier Search Engine — desktop search for Windows, Mac OS X (Tiger), Unix/Linux.
• Tropes Zoom — Semantic Search Engine.
• Windows Desktop Search — MSN Search Toolbar includes Windows Desktop Search which incorporates much of the desktop search technology initially promised for Windows Vista, the next version of Microsoft Windows. The search integrates into the task bar and Internet Explorer windows.
• X1 Professional Client (formerly X1 Desktop Search, then X1 Enterprise Client)

See also: Desktop search

Legal

• WestLaw
• Lexis (Lexis Nexis)
• Quicklaw

Usenet

• Google Groups (formerly Deja News)

Defunct search engines

• Google Answers
• Infoseek
• Inktomi
• Northern Light
• Overture.com (formerly GoTo.com)
• PubSub
• Singingfish
• Teoma
• World Wide Web Worm
• WiseNut

See also

• List of web directories
• List of academic journal search engines
• Search engine optimization
• Search aggregator

External links

• Search Engines at Curlie