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Metasearch Engines Dogpile is an example of a metasearch engine. |
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 Reproduced with permission from Ixquick. |
Metasearch engines search the databases of several search engines at a time (e.g., Google, Yahoo, Ask). Most eliminate duplicate listings. Usually, you have little control over search options. |
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Other metasearch engines: Ixquick, MetaCrawler, and Mamma. |
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Best
for an overview of your topic on the Web, seeing which search engines
will produce the best results, and for simple searches.
Downside, they aren't thorough. Some metasearch engines omit
Google, which is a highly-rated search engine. |
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