# I Metasearch Engine just the other day...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-metasearch-engine-just-the-other-day/50136>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 15, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-metasearch-engine-just-the-other-day/50136 "2001-01-15T13:25:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-metasearch-engine-just-the-other-day/50136/1 "2001-01-15T13:25:22Z")

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I use web search engines a lot (hey, who doesn’t?) – Dogpile, Metacrawler, that sort of thing – but am vaguely dissatisfied with these and was wondering:

What new, kickass (meta)search engines are you using/do you recommend?

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-metasearch-engine-just-the-other-day/50136/2 "2001-01-15T21:50:17Z")

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I prefer [http://www.google.com](http://www.google.com) so I don’t use meta-engines very much. But [http://www.ixquick.com](http://www.ixquick.com) is worth looking into.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2001, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-metasearch-engine-just-the-other-day/50136/3 "2001-01-16T03:13:05Z")

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My favorite is [http://www.alltheweb.com](http://www.alltheweb.com) Because of its speed.