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Searching on HotBot (www.hotbot.com)
provides a user a smorgasbord of search results from four of the Web’s most
popular crawler-based search engines: AllTheWeb.com,
Google, Inktomi and Teoma.
We say smorgasbord because HotBot is not a meta search engine, which would blend
all the results from the search into an orderly single set of results. HotBot
will give you four sets of results and you’ll have to pick your way through
them – much like at a buffet table.
HotBot is very fast and it will still save you having to execute four separate
searches to get what you’re looking for.
HotBot’s four-in-one approach is a relatively recent change, coming into
play at the end of 2002. For its first eight years until then, HotBot had a solid
reputation as a leading search engine.
The "4-in-1" option at HotBot was introduced in December 2002. However,
HotBot has a long history as a search brand before this date. HotBot was well
known among serious searchers the comprehensive, high-quality search results provided
by Inktomi.
HotBot, always looking to stay ahead of the pack, switched to Direct Hit for
primary result listings in 1999, technically a good move, but instead of staying
ahead of the pack, it left it one step behind as this switch came at the time
Google launched. Google soared and HotBot lost some of its user base.
Furthermore, Lycos had purchased HotBot
as part of its acquisition of Wired Digital a year earlier. Lycos (now Terra Lycos)
was more focused on portal development that search engine improvements, something
that changed for the better in 2001, resulting in the “new” HotBot
we see today.
One thing that has carried through from its inception in 1996 is the bright,
almost garish colors and funky-looking interface – always a big part
of the HotBot brand.
Here’s a quick look at the top Internet search engines:
| Search Engines
- Google
- All
The Web
- Yahoo!
- MSN
Search
- AOL
Search
- Ask
Jeeves
- Teoma
- HotBot
- Lycos
- AltaVista
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- Netscape
Search
- WiseNut
- Open
Directory
- Inktomi
- Looksmart
Additional Search Engine Resources
- Other
search engines
- Web
Site Directories
- Search
Engine Lists
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