Search Engine Features

Search Engine Features Chart
by Greg R. Notess

See also Search Engines by Search Features.
Search engines grouped by size.
Chart links to more detailed reviews (or click below to view).
Click on any words in chart for more details.

Last updated Sep. 07, 2001.
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Search Engines	Boolean	Default	Proximity	Truncation	Case	Fields	Limits	Stop	Sorting
Google Review	-, OR	and	Phrase	No	No	intitle, inurl, more	Language, date, more	Yes, + searches	Relevance, site
AllTheWeb Review	+, -, or with ()	and	Phrase	No	No	title, URL, link, more	Language, domain,	No	Relevance, site
Lycos Review	+, -	and	Phrase	No	No	title, URL, link, more	Language, domain	No	Relevance
WiseNut Review	- only	and	Phrase	No	No	No	Language	Yes, + searches	Relevance, site
Northern Light Review	and, or, not, ( ), +, -	and	Phrase	Yes * %, auto plurals	No	title,URL, more	Doc type date, more	No	Relevance, site, date, folders
HotBot Review	and, or, not, ( ), +, -	and	Phrase	Yes *	Yes	title, more	Language, date, more	Yes	Relevance, site
AltaVista Simple Review	+, -, AND, OR, AND NOT, ( )	OR	Phrase, NEAR	Yes *	No	title, URL, link, more	Language	No	Relevance, site
AltaVista Adv. Review	and, or, and not, ( )	phrase	Phrase, near	Yes *	Yes	title, URL, link, more	Language, date	No	Relevance, if used
MSN Search Review	and, or, not, ( ), +, -	and	Phrase	No	Yes	title, link	Language, date, more	Yes	Relevance
Excite Review	AND, OR, NOT, ( ), +, -	or	Phrase	No	No	No	Language, domain	Yes	Relevance, site
Teoma Review	- only	and	Phrase	No	No	No	No	Yes, + searches	Folders, Relevance, metasites