Search engines are more comprehensive than other search facilities, but the results are harder to sift through. Submitted sites are assigned to an appropriate category and made available at the search site.
Directories usually yield better results on searches for common items.
A hybrid search facility usually has a special section listing Web sites that have been rated by the service. You can narrow your search quickly if you use special characters and modifiers recognized by most Web search engines. Here are the most common. Use an asterisk to find various spellings or related words. AND operator Search results must contain all words joined by the AND statement.