Search+Tools

=Internet Search Tools= Everyone loves Google but, there are many other ways to search the Internet. Give some of these search tools a try, and see what you think. They say you can tell a lot about a person by their friends, the same is true of websites. When you are on Google try the link command. Type link:www.example.com (with your URL) in the search box. The search will return a list of all the websites that are linked to the URL you searched.

Noodle Tools Choose the Best Search is an excellent place to start. If you are not sure what you want, use the Noodle Tools Webquest. Answer a few questions and you will get back a customized list of possible search tools.

Dogpile is a meta-search engine that means it searches other search enginges. Go fetch!

Altavista has a command that lets you search the contents of a single website. (make sure you use a lowercase h with no spaces until after the URL) host:www.nasa.gov mars+rover This will find every file on the nasa website that has both the words mars and rover.

Did you know that much of the world wide web is invisible? Check out this website to find out more about the invisible web Go to The Invisible Web Database page on Noodle Tools to start searching the invisible web.