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Advanced Search Pages

Advanced Search Pages

The search engines listed below offer advanced search options to help you refine and improve your search results.  Each link takes you directly to the advanced search page. 

Alta Vista
Here you can customize the search by language, date, Boolean phrase and other Custom Settings.

Direct Hit
Search by location, region/domain, and Boolean.

Dogpile
Customize the order and search 14 engines simultaneously.

Excite
Customize the search by choosing search terms like good to have, must have, and must not have, number of results, language, and country/domain.

Fast Search
Search by any or all words, language, should include, must or must not include, domain, and number of results.

Galaxy
Surf the net by word filters or result restrictions.

Google
In this site you can search by words or phrases, include or exclude certain pages, language, and page and topic-specific searches.

HotBot
Here you can search by looking for all words, language, date, images, audio, location/domain, best web page only, etc.

Infoseek
Infoseek lets you search by document, title, URL, hyperlinks, must, should, should not, phrase, domain extension, etc.

Lycos
Search for any or all words, phrases, type of document, page field, language, and link referrals.

NBCi
Custom search by words and phrases, must or must not contain, return results, date, media type, domain, country code, and language.

Northern Light
Power search by subject, source, document type, date, subject, etc.

Yahoo
Customize by intelligent default, phrase matching, Boolean, Usenet, categories, and matches per page.

Special thanks to Wael Al-Sherman for the information on this site.