metasearch engine comparison

a table listing the individual SE used by different metaSE

[PhilF]

I've made a table that compares some metasearch engines.
(I've omitted the Overture/FindWhat/... engines). Here it is in the csv format:

Octobre 2003,ez2find,fazzle,Infonetware,ithaki,ixquick,mama,metacrawler,Profusion,Queryserver,Search,Surfwax,Turbo10,Vivisimo,widow,zapmeta,,,,,,,,
About,,,,,,1 ,1 ,1 ,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Adobe pdf,,,,,1 ,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Alltheweb (Fast),-1,,,,,,1 ,-1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
AltaVista,1 ,1 ,1 ,-1,,,1 ,1 ,1 ,-1,,,,,-1,,,,,,,,
AOL,,,,,,,,1 ,1 ,,1 ,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,
Ask Jeeves,,,,,1 ,,1 ,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Avaya pdf,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
BBCi,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,
Britannica,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Exes,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,
Gigablast,,,,1 ,1 ,,,,,,,,-1,,1 ,,,,,,,,
Go,,,,,-1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Google,-1,,,1 ,,,1 ,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,
HotBot,,,,-1,,,,,1 ,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,
Inktomi,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Ixquick,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,
Lii,,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,
Looksmart,,,,,1 ,1 ,1 ,-1,,,1 ,,1 ,,
Lycos,,1 ,1 ,,,,,1 ,1 ,,,,-1,,
Metacrawler,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,
Mirago,,,,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,
Msn,1 ,1 ,1 ,,1 ,1 ,,,1 ,,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 
Netscape,,1 ,1 ,,1 ,,,1 ,1 ,,,,1 ,,
Open Directory,1 ,,,1 ,-1,1 ,1 ,,1 ,1 ,,,,,1 
Raging Search,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,,
SearchHippo,,,,,,,,,1 ,,,,,,
Teoma,1 ,1 ,,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,,,,,,,
Wisenut,1 ,1 ,,1 ,1 ,,,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,,,1 
Yahoo(native),1 ,1 ,1 ,1 ,,,1 ,,,,1 ,,,1 ,1 

the number 1 means that the engine is querried by the meta-search engine.
the number -1 means that the engine is listed as being querried, but actualy is not.

It's nicer in Excel ;-)

[runarb]

Nice work

But close to imposible to read like that. I took the liberty to make an html document of it in Excel: [buvik.org...]

PhilF: hopes this is ok by you, if not let my know, and I will remove it.

[PhilF]

No problem at all :-) On the contrary, I'm glad you did it!
If anybody wants to use these data in any way, please do so.