Search directories generally are a good place to start if your topic is more general. Search engines are computer software programs that search the web and create a database of web sites. When you enter terms for the search engine, the program searches the database it has created to locate the terms you have entered. Search engines tend to be a better choice when you are looking for a very specific subject. A meta search engine can be useful when you want to identify which search engine will retrieve the largest number of sites on a topic.
Simple searches tend to work best on meta search services.
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