About.com Great search engine if you want in-depth information about a broad topic.

Altavista Search for images, sounds, video, as well as web pages.

Ask Jeeves A search engine that allows you to phrase your search with a question.

Dogpile "Arfie," Dogpile's robot gets results from 18 different search engines and returns the top 10 hits from each site.

Excite Excite lets you personalize your search engine and is a good choice for general searches on popular topics and news.

Google Good search engine that looks for your exact search terms.

GoTo No advertising on this search engine makes it very attractive and user-friendly.

HotBot This search engine has a drop-down selection which lets you choose the type of search you want to conduct.

LookSmart Easy to use search engine with subject catagories.

Northern Light A search engine that displays your results in a "folder" format.

Yahoo! Super search engine for beginners and general searches.

Yahooligans Student appropriate search engine.