Internet Search Tools
| Search Engine | Search Capabilities | |||||||||
| Boolean | Default | Include Exclude | Phrase | Proximity | Truncate | Case Sensitive |
Links to | URL | Language | |
| OR | and | - (+ stop words) |
" " | auto | - | - | link: | - | - | |
| alltheweb | - | and | + - | menu | - | - | - | menu | menu | - |
| Alta Vista | and, or, not | or | + - | " " | near | * | yes | link: | url: domain: |
menu |
| Direct Hit | - | and | + - | " " | - | - | no | - | - | - |
| Excite | AND, OR, NOT | or | + - | menu | - | auto | yes | - | menu | menu |
| Go Network | - | or | + - | " " | - | auto | yes | link: | url: site: |
menu |
| HotBot | AND, OR, NOT | menus | + - | menu " " | - | * (front, internal,end) | yes | menu | domain: | menu |
| Lycos | and, or, not | or | + - | " " | - | auto, (.) stops | - | box | box | buttons |
| Northern Light | AND, OR, NOT | relv | + - | " " | - | * | - | - | url: | box |
| Yahoo | and, or | or | + - | " " | - | - | - | - | u: | - |
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