I have made notes about non-United States search engines on some of the entries, but for a more thorough guide, see the Search Engine Watch Regional Editions section . Since that's what I almost invariable want, I really like that feature. The page excerpt shown for each hit is the actual part that includes the search terms, and the search terms are shown in bold. Multiple hits from one site in a row are indented, to make it easier to look for the distinct sites found. As of March 2001, Google's database has grown tremendously, so that I often get hits with them that aren't found with FAST Search or Alta Vista.
Response is fast, and the main page is simple and uncluttered.
My standard for years, but it's been getting slower and more cluttered as AV tries to become a web portal. All the Web. Web search results give title, URL, and a brief exerpt. Use double quotation marks for phrase searches. One of the oldest web search engines, and still going strong.