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Dogpile and Metafind (Re: info about web searchers)
Subject:Dogpile and Metafind (Re: info about web searchers) From:JIMCHEVAL -at- AOL -dot- COM Date:Mon, 6 Jul 1998 14:10:18 EDT
In a message dated 98-07-06 13:18:22 EDT, lystad -at- LYNDEN -dot- COM writes:
<< You could always try www.dogpile.com. It uses all the major search
engines simultaneously: lycos, yahoo, altavista, etc. It sorts
the matches by search engine, giving you the option of pursuing
the thread in one search engine or another, or all of them if you
prefer. >>
Better yet, use its "metafind" option (www.metafind.com) which actually
collates the results from the different search engines.
It doesn't always get everything, but generally it gets more than enough.
