Portal to common search engines:
  • Google
  • Yahoo
  • All the Web, All the Time
  • InfoSpace (reverse phone lookup)
  • InfoSpace (forward lookup)
  • Other search engines
  • Search tool add-on software
    • Also search for:
  • Amateur radio
  • Businesses
  • Conversions Metric etc.
  • Crosswords, word play
  • Dictionaries, quotations, words
  • Foreign sites, search engines
  • International & Travel
  • Internet guides 
  • Internet IP lookups, WHOIS
  • Map Locations
  • People
  • Price Comparison
  • Religious sites
  • Science news
  • Software
  • Space Sites
  • Travel
  • US Government
  • Weather forecasts, 
    • Last modified: Wednesday, 14-Jan-2009 15:15:06 CST
     Wormhole to the Rest of the Internet 
    Do you use Firefox, Mozilla or Netscape? Try the Wormhole Sidebar or a selection of other sidebars - also a perpetual calendar, calculator, reference site

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    Google - Combined Search Engine and Guide


    Other options: Advanced Search | Images | Scholar | Preferences | Language Tools | Froogle

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    AltaVista - Web or Usenet Search

    Search the Web or the News Groups
    Display results Compact or Detailed


    Special characters: (These make Altavista my search engine of choice for specific, narrow topics)

    1. "   Quote marks: For looking up phrases, simply enclose the phrase between quote marks ("").
    2. +   Plus sign: To require a word, put a plus sign directly (no spaces) before the word you want to require in all matches.
    3. -   Minus sign: To reject a word, place a minus sign directly (no spaces) before the word that you want to omit from all searches.

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    Yahoo

    Find all matches containing the keys (separated by space)

    Find matches in Title URL Comments
    Case sensitive matching
    Find matches that contain
    At least one of the keys (boolean or)
    All keys (boolean and)
    All keys as a single string

    Consider keys to be
    Substrings
    Complete words
    Limit the number of matches to

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    Ixquick - Multilingual Metasearch Search

    Web  News  MP3  Pictures 

    [The default is English, but there are also language specific sites for: Dansk - Deutsch - English - English UK - Español - Français - Italiano - Nederlands - Norsk - Polski - Português - Suomi - Svenska - Türkçe]

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    Metacrawler - Multiple Database Search

    Web Pages Images Audio  Multimedia News  Shopping  
     
    Advanced Search • Tools & Tips

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    All the Web, All the Time

    Search for     Exact phrase
    Help Advanced Search

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    InfoSpace (Reverse Lookup Utilities) (& Forward)

    Reverse Telephone Numbers:
      [Use hyphens, e.g., 425-555-1000; area code is required]
      Residential Phone:
      Business Phone:
       
      Area Code:
    Reverse Address (U.S. residential addresses only):
      [Omit apartment or suite numbers. Use standard postal abbreviations (St, Rd, Ave, N, S, NW, etc.).
      To find all residents of a given street, leave the house number empty.]
      Number:
      (e.g., 123)
      		 Street:
      (e.g., N 4th St)
      City: State:
    Reverse Worldwide Email Address:
    Email Address:

    InfoSpace (Forward Lookup Utilities) (& Reverse)

    Forward Lookup Phone/Address:
      Last: (required)   First or Initial:
      City:   State: (required)

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    Lycos Search

    Web Index Search:  

    People Finder Index:

    Last Name:
    First Name:
    City:
    Zip Code:
    State:

    You can also search City Guides, Pictures & Sounds and Road Maps.

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    WebCrawler

    Enter some words and start your search:

    Find pages with of these words and return results.

    Help · No-forms Search

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    People Searching:

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    Price Comparison Pages*:

    • Computers & related electronics: PriceWatch.Com - many electronic items
    • Books:
    • Miscellaneous:
      • Froogle - a Google product covering essentially everything
      • BizRate.Com - computer hardware, electronics, computer software, gifts, flowers & food, travel & leisure, music, DVD/video
      • Epinions.Com - autos, books, movies, music, computers, electronics, home & garden, kids & family, sports, travel, sports, more...
      • Price Grabber - photo, electronics, movies, video games, DVD & VHS movies, music, books, toys, office, jewelry, apparel, electronics, computers
    • Old Books: Bibliofind - old books gathered as part of an Internet database of book dealers (now coordinated by Amazon)

      *Selection criteria: (1) the rating website should have no vested interest in sales of the individual items listed; (2) the site provides fixed prices available to everyone (i.e., it is not an auction and does not reflect an unstable or bid price).

      Some of these sites add shipping price to the rankings to allow comparison of the full delievered price. These sites may change the way you shop!

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    Computer and Internet Stuff:

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    International Links:

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    Metric Conversions:

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    Map Searching:

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    Looking for Words:

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    Travel Links:

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    Weather Forecast, Zipcodes, Sunrise/Sunset, Parks

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    Business and Yellow Page Searching:

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    Internet Guides and Catalogues:

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  • Foreign Site Searching and Directories:

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  • Science News:

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  • Space Sites:

    Agencies and Organizations:

    Space Sites:

    Recent News:

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  • Government Sites:

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  • Amateur Radio Sites:

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    Browser Ad-on Search Tools:

      Software to help conduct searches and manage the results for you:
    • Alexa - free advertising-supported Web navigation tool
    • WebFerret Software - search bot

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    Searching Other Engines:

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    Religious Site Searching:

    • CrossWalk - religious site (Christian)
      • Concordance: Bible Version:
        Search type: Source:
      • Scripture: Bible version:
    • Blue Letter Bible - over 3,560,000 links onsite to over 165,000 pages of concordances, lexicons, dictionaries, commentaries, images, and Bible versions

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    Software and Shareware Sites:

    • c|net Virtual Software Library - metasearch a number of shareware and freeware sites
    • Download.Com - 250,000 shareware and freeware programs, descriptions and download links
    • Freshmeat.Net - Excellent Linux download site
    • Jumbo! - Search - Freeware and shareware software on the Web!
    • NetCenter - Internet Table of Contents (esp. business, education, entertainment and government)
    • SimTel - SimTelNet Software Repositorytm (also at an FTP site near you)
    • Lycos downloads - Lycos FTP site
    • SimTel - Ziff-Davis downloads & daily listserv

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    Supernova Shock Wave