METASEARCH ENGINES
by Rowena Namoca, Nancy Willis, and Craig Cunningham
 Final
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METASEARCH ENGINES Metasearch engines do not have searchable databases that "crawl" when a user enters a search request. Instead, they search the databases of multiple sets of other search engines from a single site. Metasearchers provide a quick and easy way to find out which engines are retrieving the best results for your search. Use metasearchers when you do not have a lot of time to peruse results from other search tools. Because the results that are returned by metasearchers are drawn from the top of search engine lists, the results tend to be more relevant. Here is a list of the most commonly used metasearch engines: Mamma,
"the Mother of All Search Engines" To see metasearch engines
work, complete this Metasearch Engine
Activity. Other types of Search Tools:
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