Search Engines and People Finders

Search Engine Watch

http://www.searchenginewatch.com

Tips about internet search engines and search engine submission.  Links to and evaluates major search engines.  Lists any commercial affiliations for each major engine.  Most popular searches of 1999.

Search Engine Showdown

http://www.notess.com/search/

Compares search engines by their features.  Also provides strategies and reviews.

About Search Engines

http://internet.about.com/business/internet/msubsearchref.htm?rnk=rl&terms=search+engines

Links to sites that explain how search engines work, what search terms to use, and query features for each engine.  Also links to major search engines.

Search Engines and Directories

http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/msubmenu12.htm?rnk=r9&terms=search+engines

Links to international search engines and other specialized search engines.

Choose the Best Search Engine

http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/library/weekly bl_981204bhtm?rnk=r7&terms=people+finders

A table showing which search engine is best for specific tasks.

GOVBOT Database of Government Web Sites

http://ciir2.cs.umass.edu/Govbot

Infomine- Government Information

http://infomine.ucr.edu/search/govpubsearch.phtml

People Finders and White Pages

http://websearch.about.com/internet/websearch/msub17.htm?rnk=r1&terms=people+finders

Besides the traditional people finder sites, this links you to The Biographical Dictionary, List of Popes, Royal Database, Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary and other similar sources.

http://www.555-1212.com

http://www.bigbook.com

http://www.whowhere.lycos.com

http://people.yahoo.com/

Social Security Death Index

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm

Free search of Social Security death index.  As of 12/99, the database contains 62,697,327 records.