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This post was written by admin on March 18, 2009
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Search engines are computer programs that literally search for the inquiries of the user. The user will key in specific words about his or her topic in mind and the search engine will present a list of websites and/or documents for the user to choose from.  Undoubtedly, three of the most used and popular search engines are Google, Yahoo and MSN. These three provide users the most extensive and the newest results you can ever wish for. The list of best search engines differs time and time again and interestingly, the list also changes from one search engine to another.

Here is the roll of 10 top search engines used by internet aficionados and aficionadas.

1.       Google

As of August 2008, surveys show that approximately 71% of internet users trust Google to do the research for them. Larry Page and Sergey Brinn built and created Google Search in 1997 and since then Google strongly climbed the ladder of the most used and well-liked list of search engines over the net. 

2.       Yahoo

Yahoo is considered as the ultimate competitor of Google Search in the quest of the very best search engines in the World Wide Web. Yahoo is one of the free search engines that offer massive documents and files ranging from music to shopping lists.

3.       Live Search (formerly known as Windows Live Search)

MSN Live Search is part of the Microsoft Network. The Live Search is accessible through MSN’s official site and Live.com from Microsoft. One of the best advantages of Live Search is its ability to save everything you search and will also give you an automated update.

4.       AOL

AOL is a search engine operated by Time Warner and powered by Google. The main attraction of this search engine is its online software suite. 

5.       Netscape

Netscape Search is powered by Google through AOL. It was founded in 1994. Out of all the products of Netscape Communications, its web browser made this internet software and communication a hit to users. 

6.       AltaVista

AltaVista is a search engine powered by Yahoo. One great thing about AltaVista is that it provides a free text translation service. This service is now called Yahoo! Babel Fish. 

7.       Mininova

Considered as the best amongst all torrent search engines, Mininova was founded in 2005 in the Netherlands.

8.       MySpace Search

MySpace Search is a part of the popular social network website MySpace. Most of the time, teens and students use this search when they are logged in at their respective MySpace accounts.

9.       Dogpile

Dogpile is a metasearch engine, an engine that gathers information, websites and documents from different search engines like Google and Yahoo.

10.   Lycos

Lycos is a search engine and web portal that has a multilingual feature for users that are not familiar with a certain language especially the English language.

These are just ten of the most used search engines in the internet. With the wide selection of engines you can easily look for the engine that will assist you with your needs.

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