Website Design Articles :: Search Engines

UK-specific search engines

Google UK - British searching via Google.co.uk

MSN UK - Microsoft's UK search engine

FAST / AlltheWeb UK - Ex-Lycos & Freeserve results provider

BBCi Web Search - BBC's Inktomi-based UK-focus search

Ask Jeeves UK  - Finds results or 'answers' questions

Kingdom Search - A new directory launched in 2000, it presents results from UK sites in a clean, easy-to-use format.

Red Hot Chilli - This directory first appeared in 2003 and combines a search engine using results from InfoSpace / Overture plus individually reviewed sites in the growing directory section.

WotBoX UK - New British engine with own crawler

EntireWeb UK - Searches on co.uk domains

Thomson WebFinder - Inktomi + Thomson 'Premium Results'

SpotJockey UK - Directory-based independent

AnyAds UK - Directory searcher at Classifieds site

SearchBuddy UK - Uses Yahoo!UK + Thomson Local

Search Uno UK - Independent directory. Paid listings.

UK Index - Lite version of veteran UK directory

Gasta UK - All-UK search based in N.Ireland

Jupon UK - New directory-based independent

KartOO UK - Clustering metasearcher

Lifestyle UK - Was directory, now Overture based

BritQuest UK - Based on regional UK directory

Lycos UK - Inktomi-based UK-focus search

AltaVista UK - Moved to Overture ownership Feb '03

Splut! - Fast UK search plus DMOZ . This directory accepts free listings with the added option for websites to boost their position within a category by paying for placement.

AOL UK - AOL's Google-based UK finder

direct.gov.uk  - Search HMG sites & publications

Ezilon Europe - Still-growing Euro search engine

EntireWeb Europe - Recently re-launched independent

SearchEurope - Europe-wide search engine

EuroFind - European Business Directory

Abacho Europe - UK, 6 Euro countries, US encroached

Abrexa UK  - Directory plus paid-for listings

Overture UK  - Web search plus paid-for listings

Miva UK - Ex Espotting/FindWhat

HotBot UK - British-focus results from Inktomi

Excite UK - Ask Jeeves owned and managed

KillerInfo UK - Metasearch engine with own index

UKWizz - New UK Web crawler plus directory

Seekport - The latest new UK search site

UK Nation - British engine with paid-only directory

Yithian UK - Miva, Inktomi + Limeysearch Dir

Active7 UK - Quirky and different directory search

UKSearcher - Smart design. Mostly Mirago results

search-UK - Overture-based independent UK finder

TellMeAbout - Uses Thomson's Web searcher & Dir

GoDo UK - Overture base, some own-content

miraGO UK - Offers an impressive database and a range of search functions and results features, including the option of listing results by word density or link popularity, measured either by links to a site, or leaving it.

Yahoo! UK  - Multi category directory of the UK

BBC Online - Search the BBC's many Web sites

BusinessLinkdirect.gov.uk -Search BusinessLink information.

Compiled in part from original information at WebWorks -
http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/searchuk.htm