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Rating: A+
Probably the one of the all around best search engines covered on this
site. SavvySearch is a comprehensive metasearch engine, that covers a huge number of
search engines, with customizable searching features. SavvySearch also offers varies
different specialized search categories to jump start your search on specific topics. Even
for very common searches the results returned tended to be very relevant, and for obscure
searches SavvySearch really shines, because of the number of search engines it uses, and
the way it sorts results.
Pros and Cons:
PROS |
CONS |
| Customizable features allows for very specific searches,
which is useful considering the size of the combined databases used. |
If you are not careful, and do not use operators, the huge number of web sites that SavvySearch returns
will sometimes lead to sites that match your search, but do not contain any relevant
information. For this reason phrases are very helpful. |
| Uses a huge number of search engines, and sorts the results
well, producing relevant results near the top. |
While the results are returned in an easy to read format
you will rarely find that the amount of information on a page could be as little as its
address and title. |
| Offers useful non search features, such as web site
submission to many search engines and saving your search results. |
Unlike most search engines, to truly get the most out of
SavvySearch you will need to customize your search, particularly the search engines used. |
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