Web Search–Hotbot
Changes To the Underlying Engines at Hotbot
Hotbot, a tool that allows you to easily search four web engines and then easily move between result sets has made a few changes to its underlying engines. Hotbot is not a meta-engine where result sets are merged together. When the “new” Hotbot launched in December you were able to search the AllTheWeb, Inktomi, Google, and Teoma. Here is a list of what you’ll now find.
* Inktomi is now labeled as Hotbot
* Lycos (Same database as AllTheWeb)
* Ask Jeeves replaces Teoma (This is basically a name change since both use the same database).
* Google remains
* Related Searches are available at the top of each results page. You’ll see the same choices with Google, Hotbot, and Lycos. Ask Jeeves offers different choices.
* Spell Check is Now Available (Using spell check technology from each engine).
See Also: ResourceShelf’s Hotbot Overview from December 15, 2002

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