Searches on the Internet Search Tools Below are some popular and useful search tools that you can use to find information on the web. If you are not sure what a search tool is or how to use search tools to find information, click here . A search tool is software that looks for information on pages containing one or more of the search terms that have been entered. The spider visits Web pages for information and builds an index for the search engine software to use. So when you enter a search term, the search engine software sifts through the index that the spider retrieves and displays a number of web pages, ranked for relevancy, that contain your search terms.
Web directories are storehouses of information submitted and classified by humans.
The advantage of using a Web directory is that the information in the directory may have more relevance to your search terms. Search engines, on the other hand, have the advantage of searching through more pages and may be more timely. The kind of search tool you use should depend on the kind of information that you are looking for on the Web. A more narrow search should be performed on a search engine. Equally important is how you phrase your search terms.