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<title>MetaCrawler Search From cyberQUEST Search Engine</title>
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<form action="http://www.metacrawler.com/cgi-bin/nph-metaquery.p" method="GET">
<input type="hidden" name="ltarget" value="window"><input type="hidden" name="useFrames"
value="1"><input type="hidden" name="iface" value="int1"><a
href="http://www.metacrawler.com/"><b><p>MetaCrawler</b></a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>R</b>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Maximum Wait (Min.) </b><select name="time" size="1">
<option>1 </option>
<option>2 </option>
<option>5 </option>
<option>7 </option>
<option>10 </option>
</select> &nbsp; <b>Limit To: </b>&nbsp; <select name="domainLimit" size="1">
<option selected value="0">everywhere </option>
<option value="1">your continent </option>
<option value="2">your country </option>
<option value="4">North America </option>
<option value="5">Europe </option>
<option value="6">Asia </option>
<option value="7">Australia </option>
<option value="8">South America </option>
<option value="9">Africa </option>
<option value="10">Antarctica </option>
<option value="11">U.S. educational sites </option>
<option value="12">U.S. commercial sites </option>
<option value="13">U.S. government sites </option>
</select> </p>
<p><select name="general" value size="1">
<option value="2">Match Exact Phrase </option>
<option selected value="0">Match All Words </option>
<option value="1">Match Any Words </option>
</select> &nbsp; &nbsp; <select name="sort" size="1">
<option selected value="relevance">Sort by Relevance </option>
<option value="location">Sort by Location </option>
</select> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <b>See Review Below</b> <br>
<input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Fast Search"
name="searchType"> <input type="submit" value="Comprehensive Search" name="searchType"> <b>Hits:
</b><select name="max" size="1">
<option selected value="10 per source">10 </option>
<option value="20 per source">20 </option>
<option value="30 per source">30 </option>
</select> <input name="general" size="75" value> </p>
</form>
<p>MetaCrawler is, as its name implies, a metasearch engine. It searches seven of the
largest search engines on the internet. It has advantages over the search engines it
employs for a number of reasons. It has access to many more web pages than any of the
individual engines. It consolidates duplicate pages and presents the results in a
consistent display for all engines. It doesn't show the commercial messages (ads) that are
displayed on the originating search engines. It has two search modes: (1) Fast and (2)
Comprehensive. Both are quick, but Comprehensive is slower. Yet I'll take that slowness
anytime for the results it produces - extremely comprehensive. You can speed up getting
the search results in either mode by limiting the scope of your query. For example, if you
are looking for a website in your country, set the <b>Limit To</b> option to &quot;your
country&quot; and you'll search only the necessary pages. If you select <b>Sort by
Relevance</b>, MetaCrawler consolidates the ranking scores of all results from all engines
and presents a weighted relevancy score for the site that is very effective. If you select
<b>Sort by Location</b> MetaCrawler presents you with a list of resources organized in a
table of contents by geographical source. This feature is very useful in finding something
specific you can associate with a domain location. They do have <a
href="http://www.metacrawler.com/about.html">Information About the Service</a> and a <a
href="http://www.metacrawler.com/problems.html">Problems &amp; Solutions</a> page that is
very helpful. The producers of this service are <a
href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/speed/home.html">Erik Selberg</a> , <a
href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/etzioni/">Oren Etzioni</a> and <a
href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/gregl/">Greg Lauckhart</a> at the University of
Washington. (3/13/97) </p>
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