Search engine and directory comparison studies and analysis. Sites should cover a number of search engines and directories. 1. DNS as a Search Engine: A Quantitative Evaluation - Ben Edelman evaluates DNS, Google, and RealNames for their respective accuracies in providing correct and relevant content. Research suggests that Google offers the highest accuracy. 2. How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory - University librarian Laura Cohen gives advice in the format of "if you want A then choose B." 3. PPC-Search Engines - Publishes articles and news about pay per click search engines. 4. Search Engines for the World Wide Web: A Comparative Study and Evaluation Methodology - Comparison of AltaVista, Excite, and Lycos. 5. SEOSurvey: MSN's Beta Search vs. Yahoo! and Google - An analysis of the search results for four sample searches. 6. BBC: Search Wars - Which is the Best? - As Microsoft enters the internet search engine market, the BBC compare five of the main providers: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves and A9. 7. InFoPeople: Best Search Tools Chart - Comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features. 8. Search Engine Challenge - Provides unbranded search results from the top five search engines. You can then vote on the one you find the most relevant. All users' votes are aggregated and provided in a pie chart showing voting distribution after you vote. 9. Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher - Recommendations from the Library and Information Technology Association about which Web resources are most effective in producing authoritative results for information-seekers.

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