Why did LC Today producers choose MetaCrawler as their featured search engine?

Because of it’s POWER. MetaCrawler is unique among search vehicles. It combines the best features of the top 10 search engines and delivers all the power of each.

The web is a vast disorganized library stored in machines all over the world. Humans need help to navigate. A number of independent organizations have developed tools to help web users locate information. Some really search the web while others are merely indexes repeating information that has been submitted and approved. When you use Yahoo, Alta Vista, Infoseek, Lycos and others you may not find what you are searching for or you may find thousands of irrelevant sites. Worse yet, according to Science Magazine, is the fact that even the best search engine only surveys 16% of the web sites sites on the Internet. Another popular site only indexes 7.4%

When you submit your search to MetaCrawler is sends a parallel query to 10 of the major search engines simultaneously; merges duplicate references and displays them in their order of relevance. You select how long MetaCrawler waits for answers but, 10 seconds is ample time. The search engines used are; About, Alta Vista, Teoma.com, Excite, Overture.com, Infoseek, Look Smart, Lycos, Thunderstone, and WebCrawler. Have you had problems recently searching for something on the Internet? Try a search now on the same keywords using MetaCrawler . If you still want to access one of these or other search engines you can find links to each of them under the [Computers ] tab on the LC Today front page.