Note: If as you read through these sections, you feel a bit overwhelmed, don't worry. That is perfectly normal. If all this information doesn't make sense to you yet, it will as you continue reading. We promise!
Okay, here it is:
As the prefix “meta” suggests, it goes beyond what an
ordinary search engine does and it goes
“beyond” by searching the multiple
sets of individual search engines simultaneously. Metasearch engines let you
know which engines are retrieving the best results for you in your search.
Huh? I know! Here’s a breakdown:
These engines give you the result in either a single list or
multiple lists. Most give you the single list which, like its name suggests, is
just one list with no duplicate entries. The multiple lists gives you multiple
results displayed in separate lists according to the search engine.
The main
thing to understand here is the Pros and Cons.
The biggest pro is that these metasearch
engines are super-fast. Which is what we all want...Awesome! Right? Well, this is too good to be true
because the major con in relation to their speed is that the results it gives back can be hundreds and hundreds of hits and so you’re stuck
trying to eliminate the good sources from the bad. No Bueno!
Examples
of these engines are Dogpile and Mamma.
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