Where’s The Best Search Engine?

It depends on what you’re looking for.  I thought we would venture off of the internet marketing niche itself for today’s post and talk about how to research the best search engines for any particular niche you may be working with.

People who do a lot of research on the net have their favorite search engines. When doing a general search, Google is probably on their short list. However, when searching out specialized topics and information, the best search engine may be the one that has its database focused on niche information. For example, if you’re looking for information on medical questions, you’ll get your information more quickly by using a medical search engine.

Google comes in very handy when you’re looking for the best search engine for your inquiry. Let’s say you need to find out the value of your antiques. Google ’search engines antiques’ for thousands of search engines dealing with antiques. As to which of these results yield the best search engines, you’ll need to follow links until you find those best suited to your research.

There are search engines dedicated to just the information you seek. It takes a bit of time to take a look at each of the ones that show up in your results. In the case of antiques, one might give very good results on furniture, but produce little on antique coin collections. Depending on your particular interests, one search engine may well be your best search engine for that subject. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

When looking for a search engine that zeros in on your subject, the Dewey decimal system is a good starting point, and yes, you can Google that as well. Proper categorization is the key. You want to drill down to a specificity that nails down all of the attributes you desire in a search engine. Let’s say that cultural anthropology is your interest. Begin with a Google search of ’search engines cultural anthropology’. Sift through those results to find those that deal with the specifics you want to find. Google always lists a clickable ’similar results’ under each entry. This feature allows you to narrow your search further, until you can indeed, find your best search engine, out of the millions of possibilities.

When you use Google to locate search engines, you’re using one of the best search engines on the net to do so. Another excellent resource for finding the search engine that fulfills your objectives is www.dmoz.org. This resource is organized on the model of the Dewey Decimal system, and allows you to quickly narrow your search requirements.

No matter what your topic of interest, there is a search engine on the net that specializes in that subject matter.

To Your Success …     Debbie

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