- Age of Dot Com - http://www.ageof.com/
Links to search resources including start pages, integrated search forms, portals, engines, guides, and directories. Offers both a simple links page and a directory with descriptions and ratings.
- Aleph Search - http://www.alephsearch.co.uk/
A directory of directories. Links to selected information rich web resources, both unspecialised and specialised, with a strong emphasis on United Kingdom based sites.
- Beaucoup - http://www.beaucoup.com/
A directory listing thousands of search services includes engines, directories, and indices, with descriptions and metasearch tool powered by Findtarget.
- Big Search Engine Index - http://www.search-engine-index.co.uk/
Directory listing hundreds of search engines, categorized, described and rated.
- Search Tools for Web Sites and Intranets - http://www.searchtools.com/
Provides information, news and advice about web site searching technology. Includes a guide, search tools list, glossary, and opportunity to compare searches of its own site by different tools. Offers a free monthly email newsletter.
- Search Engine Watch - http://searchenginewatch.com/
Danny Sullivan's comprehensive coverage of the search engine world. Forums, reviews, articles, ratings, and frequent newsletters. Paying members receive access to extra content.
- Geniusfind - http://www.geniusfind.com/
Categorizes thousands of the most useful topic-specific directories and databases, with descriptions.
- Direct Search - http://www.freepint.com/gary/direct.htm
Gary Price's compilation of links to the search interfaces of resources that contain data not easily or entirely searchable/accessible from general search tools.
- Searchenginez - http://searchenginez.com/
Search forms for the most effective engines in dozens of categories from Robert Skelton. Includes reviews, ratings, webmaster tools, and tutorials.
- FinderSeeker - http://www.finderseeker.com/
Find the search engine you want by selecting a thematical category and/or country, or search by keyword.
- Search Ability - http://www.searchability.com/
A guide to directories of specialized search engines. Each directory is reviewed and classified in some detail.
- Fetchfido - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/fetchfido2/interface/search_engines_universal.htm
A graphical interface of links to search engines. Multi-layered, with universal, United Kingdom, United States, European and worldwide sections.
- ISEDB - http://www.isedb.com/
A directory of search engines and directories worldwide, organized by geographical area and subject, includes articles on site submission, marketing, and optimization.
- Pandia Powersearch - http://www.pandia.com/powersearch/
List of search engines and directories. Also includes a metasearch engine, search tutorial, and a free newsletter.
- Search Engine Relationship Chart - http://www.bruceclay.com/searchenginechart.pdf
Bruce Clay's pictoral view of how search engines provide data to partner engines and directories. Requires Acrobat Reader.
- Complete Planet - http://www.completeplanet.com/
Directory of databases and specialty search engines from Bright Planet.
- Search Engine Colossus - http://www.searchenginecolossus.com/
Directory of hundreds of search engines, organised by country and topic.
- Search Engine Showdown - http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/
A user's guide to Web searching with features, comparative analysis, strategies, discussion, news and reviews.
- The Ultimate Search Engine Links Page - http://www.searchenginelinks.co.uk/
A directory of search engines: general, metasearch, pay-per-click, children's, subject, country and people search. All are described and can be rated.
- Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed - http://library.rider.edu/scholarly/rlackie/Invisible/Inv_Web.html
Librarian Robert J. Lackie provides annotated links to directories, searchable sites, databases, and search engines useful for uncovering content that the general search engines fail to disclose.
- Topix: Search Engines News - http://www.topix.net/business/search-engines
News on the search engine industry continually updated from thousands of sources around the Net.
- FTP Search Engines - http://members.cox.net/ftpsearch/ftp1.html
Rated links to ftp and mp3 search sites.
- Indexing the Internet - http://www.tk421.net/essays/babel.html
An essay by John Hubbard analyzing the question of what is the best way to index the Internet, with references.
- CyberTimes Navigator - http://tech.nytimes.com/top/news/technology/cybertimesnavigator/index.html
The starting point that New York Times reporters and editors use for their explorations of the Web. A straightforward list of some of the best sources on the Web for all types of information.
- Search Engine Watch - http://searchenginewatch.com/sew.xml
Danny Sullivan's comprehensive coverage of the search engine world. Includes submission tips, better use of search engines, reviews, and articles.
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