Infoseek allows searching of the more common fields-title, URL, site, and link contents. With Lycos , sounds and pictures are searchable from a pull-down menu and are searched in conjunction with other search criteria. However, these are searched from a different page than the home page, reached by clicking on Search Features on the Lycos home page. Unfortunately, the title is searchable only by itself, i.e., you cannot search for a word in the title and another subject word. Figure that one out.
Dates are searchable, but only approximately.
The chart outlines the field search capabilities of these five engines. The details are gleaned from the online documentation and a lot of experimentation and testing. As any experienced Web searcher knows, the engines do not always work as they say they do, and just because something works this morning does not mean it will work this afternoon. Unless footnoted, all the entries shown do seem to work now. If you use the examples as models for a query, you should come as close as possible to achieving the results you want.