What can you search for on the Internet?

One can search for (among many, many other items):

• Facts (historical information, quotes, current and past events, weather, movies - past and current, financial information...)
• Merchandise (books, real estate, cars, computers, hardware, food items... including price comparisons!)
• Maps and Driving directions
• People - names, addresses and telephone numbers
One frighteningly good search Site for people is <http://www.zabasearch.com>
• Reverse Listings -Telephone numbers in Google - Name, address and even a map
• FedEx and UPS Tracking Numbers
• Google can also be used as a lazy-person’s spell-checker!

To search many Search Engines at one time one can use a Meta Search:

• Dogpile <http://www.dogpile.com>

• Metacrawler <http://www.metacrawler.com>

• Search <http://www.search.com>

THIS ONE IS WORTH IS WEIGHT IN GOLD!

A metasearch engine for Dictionaries.

Think of this web site as a search engine for words and phrases: If you have a word for which you'd like a definition or translation, we'll quickly shuttle you to the web-based dictionaries that define or translate that word. If you don't know how to spell the word, we'll help you do that too. No word is too obscure: More than 5 million words in more than 900 online dictionaries are indexed by the OneLook® search engine.

OneLook <http://www.onelook.com>

Search Directories

Search directories are very useful when you have no more than a general notion of what you are looking for.

Search directories are hierarchical databases with references to websites. The websites that are included are hand picked by living human beings and classified according to the rules of that particular search service.

Yahoo! has one of the best search directories.

Yahoo! Search <http://dir.yahoo.com>

Drug and Supplement Information

<http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginformation.html>

Some URLs for Internet shopping:

<http://www.pricegrabber.com>
<http://www.bizrate.com>
<http://www.buy.com>
<http://www.froogle.com>
<http://www.mysimon.com>
<http://shopper.cnet.com>
<http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com>
<http://www.discountmagazines.com>
<http://www.deltamagazines.com>
<http://www.magazinepricesearch.com>
<http://www.eDealinfo.com>
<http://www.overstock.com>
<http://www.allbookstores.com>

Please note: Although I have used several of these site myself I cannot guarantee that they will all provide satisfactory service. Like most things in life: Caveat Emptor and Caveat Lector.

Don’t know what those terms mean? Why not check them out in

<http://www.onelook.com>?

Summary

The foregoing just scratches the surface of almost an infinite source of information. With these tools as a starting point the wealth of information available to you is only limited by your imigination and patience! Good Luck and Happy Searching!