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(The entries are in alphabetical order within each category.)
General search engines
- Alexa Internet
- Ask.com (formerly Ask Jeeves)
- Baidu
- Exalead
- Gigablast
- Live Search (formerly MSN Search)
- Mahalo.com
- MozDex
- WiseNut
- Yahoo! Search
Open source search engines
- DataparkSearch
- Egothor
- Gonzui
- Grub
- Ht://dig
- Lucene
- Lemur Toolkit & Indri Search Engine
- mnoGoSearch
- Namazu
- Nutch
- OpenFTS
- SWISH-E
- Terrier Search Engine
- Wikiasari
- Xapian
- YaCy
- Zettair
Metasearch engines
- Bioinformatic_Harvester
- Brainboost
- Clusty
- Dogpile
- Excite
- HotBot
- Info.com
- Ixquick
- 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
- Araby, Middle East
- Baidu, China
- Daum, Korea
- Guruji, India
- Miner.hu, Hungary
- Najdi.si, Slovenia
- Naver, Korea
- Rambler, Russia
- Rediff, India
- SAPO, Portugal
- Search.ch, Switzerland
- Walla!, Israel
- Yandex, Russia
People search engines
Email-based search engines
Visual search engines
Answer-based search engines
Google-based search engines
Yahoo!-based search engines
Windows-Live-based search engines
Ask.com-based search engines
Job search engines
- Naukri.com (India)
- Bixee.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
Blog search engines
News search engines
Multimedia search engines
Code search engines
BitTorrent search engines
These search engines work across the BitTorrent protocol.
Accountancy search engines
Medical search engines
- Entrez (includes Pubmed)
- GoPubMed (knowledge-based: GO - GeneOntology)
- Healia
- KMLE Medical Dictionary
- MeshPubMed (knowledge-based: MeSH - Medical Subject Headings)
- Searchmedica
- WebMD
Property search engines
Business search engines
Comparison shopping search engines
- Google Product Search (formerly Froogle)
- Kelkoo
- MSN Shopping
- MySimon
- NexTag
- PriceRunner
- Shopping.com
- Shopzilla (also operates Bizrate)
Geographic search engines
Social search engines
- 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
- See also: Social search and Relevance feedback
Search engines for 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 Desktop Search, renamed X1 Enterprise Client
- See also: Desktop search
Legal
Defunct search engines
- Google Answers
- Infoseek
- Inktomi
- Northern Light
- Overture.com (formerly GoTo.com)
- PubSub
- Singingfish
- Teoma
- World Wide Web Worm
See also
- List of web directories
- List of academic journal search engines
- Search engine optimization
- Search aggregator
