Website Evaluation

Test your search skills

Recorded Webinars on a variety of topics related to searching

Self-paced Course (2 parts)

See the latest additions to search by Google

Compare Google and Bing search engine results

Search multiple search engines (Google, Yahoo, LookSmart, Ask.com, MSN search, and more), but watch for "sponsored by" and "paid" sites that also appear in the results.

This search engine affords more privacy and less spam.

A computer-generated news site that aggregates headlines from news sources worldwide, groups similar stories together and displays them according to each reader's personalized interests.

Search for scholarly literature, and explore related works, citations, authors, and publications. Patents info and links to legal cases are also available here.

This semantic search engine is based on a computerized system that understands content and query similar to how the human brain processes natural languages.

"Microsoft Academic Search is an experimental research service developed by Microsoft Research to explore how scholars, scientists, students, and practitioners find academic content, researchers, institutions, and activities. Microsoft Academic Search indexes not only millions of academic publications, it also displays the key relationships between and among subjects, content, and authors, highlighting the critical links that help define scientific research."

Links to various search engines, specialized searches, etc.

Although set to retire in early 2014, this search engine allows for extensive searching of scientific information throughout the web.

Search Engine Showdown compares and evaluates Internet search engines from the searcher’s perspective. It includes search engine news and the occasional analysis. As of 2013, older content is being updated and archived.

Search Engine Watch provides tips and information about searching the web, analysis of the search engine industry and help to site owners trying to improve their ability to be found in search engines.

This search engine states that it "does NOT collect or share ANY personal information." Its search results are generated by Google.

"Practical tools for dynamic search & navigation" covering the "last 7 days of information from 140 popular RSS sites. Updated every hour."

Submit a question, and this computational knowledge engine will look for the answer, detailed explanations, etc.

Greg Notess is a librarian and speaker about web searching, and published a book about this in 2006.

Free resources available on the web (ResourceShelf), as well as a blog (ResourceBlog)and newsletter

from SearchEngineWatch.com

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