Free Meta Search Engines

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Search the web's top search engines with one search.

A meta search engine is a search tool that sends user queries to several search engines at once and aggregates the results into a single list.

Why not just use Google? Don't all search engines have the same results? Well, many times Google's algorithm may rank a website lower than the other search engines making it harder to find that website. A meta search engine may help you find better results as the best of all search engines will rank in the top results of a meta search result.

Search Engines very in the use of Boolean search operators, so it is best to enter simple search queries.

Caution: Meta search engines also interweave a lot of "sponsored results", also known as paid ads, among the results. Watch that you are looking at actual "web results" and not "paid results".

Hint: To find a surname on a genealogy related website:

Search for your surname with the word genealogy or "family history"
Search for your surname with the name of the hometown

AllPlus Metasearch

A meta search engine with clustering (orgainizing data into meaningful groups)
Searches Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ask

MetaCrawler

Searches Google, Bing, and Yahoo

Monster Crawler

Searches Google, Bing, and Yahoo

The following search boxes are not Meta Searches but can be used from one page:

Google

Custom Search

Bing

Bing is a search engine that finds and organizes the answers so you can make faster, more informed decisions.

Alta Vista

A comprehensive search engine. Use the drop-down box to search in multiple languages.

Yahoo

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