BBC: Search Wars - Which is the Best? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4003193.stm As Microsoft enters the internet search engine market, the BBC compare five of the main providers: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves and A9.
DNS as a Search Engine: A Quantitative Evaluation - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/DNS-as-search/ Ben Edelman evaluates DNS, Google, and RealNames for their respective accuracies in providing correct and relevant content. Research suggests that Google offers the highest accuracy.
InFoPeople: Best Search Tools Chart - http://www.infopeople.org/search/chart.html Comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features.
PPC-Search Engines - http://www.ppc-searchengines.info/ Publishes articles and news about pay per click search engines.
Search Engine Challenge - http://www.searchenginechallenge.com Provides unbranded search results from the top five search engines. You can then vote on the one you find the most relevant. All users' votes are aggregated and provided in a pie chart showing voting distribution after you vote.
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory - http://www.internettutorials.net/choose.html University librarian Laura Cohen gives advice in the format of "if you want A then choose B."
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