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Search Engines and Directories

This is a list of the primary search enginges and directories found currently on the internet.

As the industry changes very quickly, some of the information provided here may be obsolete.

Company	Primary Results	Secondary Results	Supplies Results To:
Alta Vista	Own Database	Open Directory, LookSmart, Ask Jeeves
AOL Search	Open Directory	Inktomi
Ask Jeeves	Own Database	Direct Hit, AltaVista, Excite, WebCrawler, GoTo	AltaVista, Direct Hit
Direct Hit	Own Database	Open Directory, Ask Jeeves	HotBot, Ask Jeeves, Lycos, iWon, MSN Search
Excite	Own Database	LookSmart	Magellan, WebCrawler
FAST Search	Own Database		Lycos
Google	Own Database	Open Directory	Yahoo, Netscape Search
HotBot	Direct Hit	Inktomi, Open Directory
Inktomi	Own Database		iWon, 4Anything, AOL Search, HotBot, Overture, LookSmart, MSN Search
LinkCentre	Own Database
LookSmart	Own Database	Inktomi	MSN Search, AltaVista, Excite, iWon
Lycos	Open Directory	FAST, Direct Hit
MSN Search	LookSmart	Inktomi
Netscape Search	Open Directory	Google
Northern Light	Own Database
Open Directory	Own Database		AOL Search, Netscape Search, Lycos, AltaVista, Direct Hit, HotBot, Google
Webcrawler	Excite
Yahoo!	Own Database	Google