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Open linkA9
With this you can save web sites by dragging them into your bookmarks, open an image column, open a reference column and add a lot more order to your searches.
(http://a9.com/-/home.jsp)

 Open linkAlltheWeb
-self-described as the "next generation search engine", fresh updates, not cluttered with ads. In advanced search you can filter for offensive content.
(http://alltheweb.com)

Open linkAlta Vista
-an index of the web with many search refining features
(http://www.altavista.com)

 Open linkAsk
A very streamlined search engine that doesn't bombard you with a zillion hits.
(http://answers.ask.com/)

Open linkBing
(http://www.bing.com)

 Open linkExcite
-an index of the web specializing in broadening narrow searches
(http://www.excite.com)

Open linkGoogle
-a database of web sites with many custom search techniques
(http://www.google.com)

 Open linkHotbot
-a database of web seites with many custom search techniques
(http://www.hotbot.com)

Open linkInternet Archive
The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format.
(http://www.archive.org/)

 Open linkIntute
Helps find the best websites for study and research
(http://www.intute.ac.uk/)

Open linkIxquick.com
(http://www.ixquick.com)

 Open linkKosmix
Kosmix lets users explore the Web by topic, presenting a dashboard of relevent videos, photos, news, commentary, opinion, communities and links to related topics.
(http://www.kosmix.com)

Open linkLycos
-a catalog of web sites to search by keyword and subject
(http://www.lycos.com)

 Open linkMsn.com
(http://www.msn.com)

Open linkScirus
"Scirus is the most comprehensive science-specific search engine on the Internet....Scirus searches over 167 million science-specific Web pages. scirus.com
(http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/)

 Open linkWebcrawler
-a keyword searchable index of the web
(http://www.webcrawler.com)

Open linkYahoo
-a hierarchial subject guide to the web
(http://www.yahoo.com)

 Open linkYahoo kids
(http://kids.yahoo.com/)