UK Search Engines

Beegoo

A new UK search engine kindly recommended by Rimvydas Karpavicius - thanks! Submit URL

Yahoo UK

This is the most popular search engine and web directory in the UK. If you want your site to succeed, this is the first search engine you should submit your site to. Yahoo has a well-deserved reputation for helping people find information easily. The secret to Yahoo's success is human beings. It is the largest human-compiled guide to the web, employing 80 or more editors in an effort to categorize the web. Yahoo has at least 1 million sites listed. Submit URL

Google UK

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Alta Vista UK

AltaVista is an awesome site from Digital, it maintains a HUGE index with powerful and FAST search functions. Coverage is excellent so it is good for broad searching and for offbeat subjects but you can be overwhelmed by too many hits. UK-edition of AltaVista offers the ability to search a special collection of UK-only documents or across the entire world. Alta Vista includes keywords feature to direct surfers to your site, this is a chargeable service. Submit URL

Looksmart UK

LookSmart provides businesses with Search Targeted Marketing solutions. Submit URL.

Ask Jeeves UK

Innovative online search service that processes plain-language queries with surprising accuracy. Answers are generated from its own database and a number of other leading search engines. Sumbit URL.

Lycos UK

Lycos has been around since the early days of the net and is still one of the most popular search engines. A very important search engine to submit your site to because it is the search engine being used on Virgin and Freeserve two of the UK's top free Internet service providers. Lycos now offer "instant" spidering, it takes 2-4 weeks for sites to be listed. Submit URL

SearchUK

Lists UK-related domains. Automatically crawls UK-related domains and will crawl UK-oriented sites outside these domains, upon review and approval. The site had over 2 million pages listed, as of mid-1998. The site features a keyword prompter service. By selecting "Show Related Words" just above the search results, the service will present a list of alternative terms that can be used to refine a query. Submit URL. They also do an express service for a one-off fee of £75, you get listed within 8 days.

UK Index

Lists sites based in the UK or that are UK-relevant. Submit URL

Mirago

UK directory and search engine. Also offers a filtered version for kids. Submit URL. Takes several weeks for a site to be listed, but after that sites are re-indexed every 2-3 weeks so repeat submissions are discouraged.

SomeWhereNear.com

Tell Somewherenear what type of business you want, such as a pub or cinema, then tell it your location, and the search engine will return matching businesses. If you have a WAP phone, there's a special version that's perfect for locating businesses while on the move. Locations are limited to Great Britain, for the moment.

Just 35

A directory rather than a search engine. Works in 35's. No more than 35 subcategories per category and nor more than 35 listings per subcategory. Each site is reviewed and rated, the aim is to reduce search time and deliver only the best sites. It is a subscription site and costs £35 pw to get listed. Submit URL.

FindUK

A UK-specific meta search engine. Submit URL

Information on this page based on the following sources:

Search Engine Watch (extensive information about search engines and how to make the best use of them, includes a list of the major UK search engines)
Search Engine Index (includes a list of over 70 UK search engines)

Twics (lists many UK Search Engines, including regional ones)

 

 

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