
AOL Search allows its members to search across the web and AOL's own content from one place.
Ask Jeeves is a human-powered search service that aims to direct you to the exact page that answers your question.

Microsoft's MSN Search service is a LookSmart-powered directory of web sites, with secondary results that come from Inktomi.
iWon Backed by US television network CBS, iWon has a directory of web sites generated automatically by Google, which also provides its more traditional crawler-based results.
LookSmart is a human-compiled directory of web sites. In addition to being a stand-alone service, LookSmart provides directory results to MSN Search, Excite and many other partners
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AltaVista is consistently one of the largest search engines on the web, in terms of pages indexed. Its comprehensive coverage and wide range of power searching commands makes it a particular favorite among researchers
Google is a search engine that makes heavy use of link popularity as a primary way to rank web sites.
Yahoo is the web's most popular search service and has a well-deserved reputation for helping people find information easily. The secret to Yahoo's success is human beings
Lycos started out as a search engine, depending on listings that came from spidering the web. In April 1999, it shifted to a directory model similar to Yahoo |