Scotch College Senior Library - Search Engines Search Engines AltaVista . One of the biggest search engines on the Web. Updated every 1-2 days. Includes an image search, translation service and many options when doing an Advanced search . AltaVista has mirror sites in most countries, including AltaVista Australia.
Uses link popularity to rank web sites.
Wide-spread praise for high relevancy. Several search options. Caches sites that are temporarily unavailable. Google directory allows searching within a category, while the advanced search allows customisation. Excite Search .