You've probably been thinking that it would be nice to search more than one Search Engine or Web Index. Parallel Search Engines are search tools that allow you to search multiple search engines with one query. They can save a tremendous amount of time and often turn up hits that you might miss if you use just one search engine.

You will now examine several of the many parallel search engines available. These are generally considered to be the top performers by information professionals.

In this exploration, you will use the same general topic you used with the search engines and will examining the "hits" returned by each of the parallel search engines. Look for similarities and differences… Are the webpages displayed at the top of the list consistent from one parallel search engines to the next?

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