Why is Excite Search better?

Searching the Web is just like any kind of research - the more sources you have, the better information you'll receive. We gather results from the top engines in the business, and compile them to give you the best possible results for your search. It's a pretty simple equation, and it means you get all the top results from the leading search engines on the Web. Learn more about Excite Search.

Depending on your search, there are certain kinds of engines that may give you better results. To help explain this idea, here's a breakdown of some of the different kinds of search partners that we use - and a quick look at some of the engines within these groups that provide you with outstanding results.

Different Engines, Different Specialties

Our search results are collected and displayed in several different ways, including:

Search Engines: Databases dedicated to gathering Internet Web pages, storing the results and then returning a list of pages that match a user's search.

Search Engines include Google, Yahoo and Ask

Web Directories: These are sub-categorized overviews of Web sites. Generally, directories have less content than Search Engines, but they often contain very relevant sites since they are selected and categorized by editors.

Web Directories include: About, LookSmart and Open Directory.

Pay-For-Placement: These results are returned based on sponsors who pay for their placement within a relevant results set. For instance, a car parts dealer might pay to have their company's results returned when a user searched on a term related to car repair. These listings are denoted with the text "Sponsored By" to the right of the site URL.

Pay-For-Placement engines include: Overture, Sprinks and FindWhat.

Other: These engines are sometimes called vertical search engines. They are engines or databases specifically designed to search for certain kinds of Web content. These categories can include photos and news content.

Other engines include: Yahoo, Ditto, NewsCrawler and ABCNews.

So to answer the original question, why are our search results better? They're better because we have the top results from all the leading search engines rolled into one. You get the benefit of all the various types of search engines and their respective strengths compiled and returned to you quickly and easily. Simply put, we give you one place to go on the Web when you need answers.

Thanks for searching with us!