Search the Web
One of the wonderful things that makes the internet so useful and so interesting is the ability to access virtually any site anywhere in the world. But, how do you find what you are looking for? This is where the "search engines" play their part. There are a number of organizations across the world that keep very comprehensive listings of many millions of websites. A few of the more popular search engines are listed here for your convenience.
International search engines
- Google (THE search engine)
- Bing (brought to you by Microsoft)
- Wikipedia (online encyclopaedia for authoritative information on just about anything)
- Yahoo (remember them?)
- Lycos
- Web Crawler
- Excite
- Go.com
- Alta Vista
- Ask.com (previously 'Ask Jeeves')
- 'Ask Jeeves' for Kids
- The Mother of All Search Engines
- WoYaa! - fast track to all African links
South African Search Engines
If you are looking for a site specifically in South Africa, rather try one of these search engines which concentrate on the South African scene.
- Aardvark - Africa's fastest search engine
- Ananzi - South African search engine
- DieKnoop - Soek iets in Afrikaans?
- S A Everything - specifically education oriented
- Find it NOW - the South African Startpage
- Funnel - proudly searching ONLY South Africa
- Jonga - also specialising in South African content
