The author of MetaCrawler continues research into information retrieval with this University of Washington-based metacrawler. It was launched in early 1997. An alternative to typical metacrawlers, Inference lists results grouped by subject, rather than by search engine or in one giant list. It taps into Alta Vista, Excite, Infoseek, Lycos, WebCrawler and Yahoo. The service began in May 1995, moving to its present domain in Oct. 1996.
Some truncation is supported.
Same as Dogpile, except that searches only go to search engines. Viewing this way is a bit clunky to me, but some people may like it. Another one of the older meta search services, around since May 1995 and based at Colorado State University. Unlike MetaCrawler, SavvySearch continues without commercial backing. That's why it can sometimes be difficult to reach or use.