AltaVista
AltaVista is notable for its full and varied advanced-search syntax, which works extremely well.

Excite
Excite is a powerful search tool that handles natural-language queries with aplomb, delivers relevant hits, and offers impressive features, such as its keyword weighting.

HotBot
No other search site offers HotBot's sheer range of powerful options. The site is a must for advanced searching.

InfoSeek
Infoseek's myriad databases give you flexibility in narrowing your search from the start. Also check out Ultra for domain and multimedia searching.

Lycos
Lycos gives you many services to find what you want on the Web, including its A2Z category searching and Point's top 5 percent of the Web.

Magellan
Magellan's 26 categories and multiple subcategories offer a great way to find highly rated Web sites. A site that centers on reviews written by an editorial staff, Magellan ensures that the assessed sites will turn up information worth your time.

Northern Light
An interesting search service which includes "special collections" of information not found on the public Web. It organizes results into subcategories.

OpenText
Despite the sophisticated interface for query building, simple keyword or phrase searching works best.

WebCrawler
A powerful engine with a good selection of Web site reviews, WebCrawler often delivers the goods.

WWWWorm
Search for Web content. A little different from the rest of the pack, WWWWorm is of limited utility but may occasionally surprise you.

Yahoo!
Search for Web content via a directory of prescreened sites, Usenet content (through Deja News), and e-mail (via Four11). An excellent starting point for Web searching, Yahoo!'s well-organized Web catalog either delivers high-quality hits or sends you to AltaVista to get what you want.