A search engine is a web site connected to a database that catalogs other Web sites. It will search the actual text of other web sites. A computer search program, or spider, follows links on web pages to regularly and automatically rebuild this database.
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Active Search Results
An independent search engine with its own spider and page ranking algorithm.
DuckDuckGo
Provides a clean interface together with a no-tracking privacy policy. Offers keyboard shortcuts to navigate and zero-click information sources displayed in the search results.
Ecosia
A green search engine which donates at least 80% of its advertising revenue to a rainforest protection programm run by the WWF.
Entireweb
The English-language version of a Swedish search engine with a clean interface and large database.
Exactseek
Internet search engine and directory. Provides standard web search results, image, video, blog, news and realtime search.
HotBot
Offers Lycos services including searching.
MyAllSearch
Search images, videos and news.
Spiderline
Results with thumbshots of the sites.
Ecosia
A green search engine which donates at least 80% of its advertising revenue to a rainforest protection programm run by the WWF.
MyAllSearch
Search images, videos and news.
Exactseek
Internet search engine and directory. Provides standard web search results, image, video, blog, news and realtime search.
DuckDuckGo
Provides a clean interface together with a no-tracking privacy policy. Offers keyboard shortcuts to navigate and zero-click information sources displayed in the search results.
Spiderline
Results with thumbshots of the sites.
HotBot
Offers Lycos services including searching.
Active Search Results
An independent search engine with its own spider and page ranking algorithm.
Entireweb
The English-language version of a Swedish search engine with a clean interface and large database.
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