BBC: Search Wars - Which is the Best?: As Microsoft enters the internet search engine market, the BBC compare five of the main providers: Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves and A9.
DNS as a Search Engine: A Quantitative Evaluation: Ben Edelman evaluates DNS, Google, and RealNames for their respective accuracies in providing correct and relevant content. Research suggests that Google offers the highest accuracy.
How to Choose a Search Engine or Directory: University librarian Laura Cohen gives advice in the format of "if you want A then choose B."
InFoPeople: Best Search Tools Chart: Comparison of selected search engines and directories by content and features.
PPC-Search Engines: Publishes articles and news about pay per click search engines.
Search Engine Challenge: Provides unbranded search results from the top five search engines. You can then vote on the one you find the most relevant. All users' votes are aggregated and provided in a pie chart showing voting distribution after you vote.
Search Engines for the World Wide Web: A Comparative Study and Evaluation Methodology: Comparison of AltaVista, Excite, and Lycos.
SEOSurvey: MSN's Beta Search vs. Yahoo! and Google: An analysis of the search results for four sample searches.
Tool Kit for the Expert Web Searcher: Recommendations from the Library and Information Technology Association about which Web resources are most effective in producing authoritative results for information-seekers.
