The search tool that I tried that I wasn't familiar with was Bing.
It has a lot of the same features as Google.
There is a general web search tab, which is also the main page when you first go to the site. There is an image search tab that lets you search just images. There is a video search tab that lets you search just videos. Some of the other tabs are maps for locating places or getting directions, news for getting current events, and then a more tab. When you click on the more tab it gives you much more options for focusing your search like music, math, finance, dictionary, weather, etc. When you do a search it will give you a list of related searches and it also gives you the option to link your searches with Facebook.
The metasearch tool that I used was Mamma.
It looks very simple. It only has a few tabs for search focusing; web, news, image, twitter, and jobs. After doing a search it gives a list at the side with search suggestions. This site is very simple without all the "frills" like Bing has.
The subject directory that I used was About.com. I have seen the site a couple times but had never used it. The homepage has a lot going on. It gives editors picks, the search bar, an explore tab and a browse categories tab. After doing a search it gives you the basic list of results but they are all in the About.com library. If you scroll all the way to the bottom it has a list of related searches.
Hi, Jaquelin:
ReplyDeleteThanks for your report. It's amazing how many different ways of searching and limiting searches there are. Subject directories are akin to subject encyclopedias, there are experts that have reviewed the websites and on About, they write the articles.
Cheers,
Andrea