Default is to treat multiple words as OR search.
Supports Boolean operators: +, -, and " ".
Menu at side of main search screen allows you to search for images, MP3/audio, or video.
Advanced Search window lets you:
enter Boolean phrases (using AND, NOT, OR, NEAR) in search box
specify dates
group or ungroup search results
specify number of results to display at once.
Ask Jeeves
Encourages natural language entirely-search request can be a complete question or a string of words.
Treated as OR (common stop words excluded) and multiple matches get higher ranking.
No additional search menu, but following initial search, screen appears with:
questions to choose from (e.g., "Where can I find general information on the celestial body Saturn?" or "Where can I find the Web site for the company Saturn?"), each leading to a category with possible matches
additional links at the bottom of screen to other categories with relevant sites.
Excite
Default is to treat multiple words as OR search, with a "concept search" feature including similar forms of each search word (e.g., walk, walked, and walks).
Supports Boolean operators: +, -, and " ".
Using AND instead of + turns off concept search.
Advanced Search window lets you:
require or exclude a series of words or phrases
specify dates
determine number of results per page and length of description.
Option on main search screen lets you specify news, photos, or audio clips.
Go
Default is to treat multiple words as OR search.
Supports Boolean operators: +, -, and " ".
Menu on main search screen allows you to search within Go's image and AV collections.
Power Search window lets you:
require or exclude a series of words or phrases
search in document, title, URL, or links
exclude or "show only" results from a particular site.
Google
Default is to treat multiple words as AND search.
Can use Boolean OR and + to modify search.
Advanced Search window lets you:
require or exclude words or phrases
search in document, title, or URL
specify language
specify number of results to display at once.
HotBot
Default is to treat multiple words as AND search.
Main screen has menu that lets you specify AND/OR, limit dates, require graphics or other elements, and set language.
Other Boolean operators, including wildcards, are supported.
Advanced search window lets you:
require or exclude a series of words or phrases
specify dates
specify region of world or domain name (e.g., .com or .org)
choose how "deep" to search (e.g., just the top page or all pages of a site)
specify what multimedia elements to search for (e.g., image, Java, MP3).
Lycos
Default is to treat multiple words as AND search.
Supports Boolean operators: +, -, " ", and OR.
Advanced search window lets you:
indicate whether the words in main search screen should be treated as OR, AND, or exact phrase
search in document, title, URL, or links
specify where to search (e.g., Reuters, multimedia items)
exclude or "show only" results from a particular site
specify language.
Northern Light
Natural language encouraged. Default is to treat multiple words as OR search.
Supports Boolean operators +, -, and " ", as well as AND, OR, NOT, and wildcards.
Power Search window lets you:
search in document, title, URL
choose which directory subjects to include
specify language or country of origin
specify range of dates
only search certain sources (e.g., .com, .org, personal pages, FAQ, news items, or job listings)
choose whether to include items from the "Special Collection" databases or just Web sites.
Yahoo
Default is to treat multiple words as AND search.
Can use Boolean OR and + to modify search.
Can also narrow in using comprehensive directory.
For searching Yahoo! directory sites only, you can:
indicate whether the words in the main search screen should be treated as AND, OR, exact phrase, or "intelligent default" (with a formula created by Yahoo!))
specify how recent sites should be
specify number of results to display on each page.
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