Visit the subscription page to learn more about how you can support the site and also gain access to this expanded information. Full explanations can be found immediately below the chart. Please note that in a few places on the chart, a - symbol is used to denote unknown or unresearched answers. This chart is as of June 17, 1998. Once you know, you know Size The larger a search engine is, in terms of pages indexed, the more likely pages from your web site will be included.
Actual numbers can be misleading, as explained below.
So, search engines are categorized as big, medium or small. Expect to find most of your pages in a big search engine, some to many of your pages in a medium search engine and few or none of your pages in a small search engine. See the section about depth, below. Also see the How Big Are The Search Engines page, within the site. The figures shown are the last reported to me or reported elsewhere.